A journal (through French from late Latin diurnalis, daily) has several related meanings:

• a daily record of events or business; a private journal is usually referred to as a diary. French ( français,) is a Romance language spoken around the world by 118 million people as a native language and by about 180 to 260 million people Latin ( lingua Latīna, laˈtiːna is an Italic language, historically spoken in Latium and Ancient Rome. For other uses of the term 'diary' see Diary (disambiguation.
• a newspaper or other periodical, in the literal sense of one published each day;
• many publications issued at stated intervals, such as magazines, or scholarly academic journals, or the record of the transactions of a society, are often called journals. A newspaper is a written Publication containing News, information and Advertising, usually printed on low-cost paper called Newsprint. An academic journal is a peer-reviewed Periodical in which scholarship relating to a particular Academic discipline is published Although journal is sometimes used as a synonym for "magazine," in academic use, a journal refers to a serious, scholarly publication, most often peer-reviewed. Magazines, periodicals or serials are Publications generally published on a regular schedule containing a variety of articles, generally Peer review (also known as refereeing) is the process of subjecting an author's scholarly work research or Ideas to the scrutiny of others who are A non-scholarly magazine written for an educated audience about an industry or an area of professional activity is usually called a professional magazine.

The word "journalist" for one whose business is writing for the public press has been in use since the end of the 17th century. A journalist (also called a newspaperman) is a person who practices Journalism, the gathering and dissemination of information about current events trends

Public journal

"Journal" is also applied to the record, day by day, of the business and proceedings of a public body:

• The journals of the British Houses of Parliament contain an official record of the business transacted day by day in either house. The Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is the supreme legislative body in the United Kingdom and British overseas territories The record does not take note of speeches, though some of the earlier volumes contain references to them. The journals are a lengthened account written from the "Votes and Proceedings" (in the House of Lords called "Minutes of Proceedings"), made day by day by the Clerks at the Table, and printed on the responsibility of the Clerk of the House. The House of Lords is the second house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom and is also commonly referred to as "the Lords" In the Commons the Votes and Proceedings, but not the Journal, bear the Speaker's signature in fulfilment of a former order that he should "peruse" them before publication. The journals of the British House of Commons begin in the first year of the reign of Edward VI in 1547, and are complete, except for a short interval under Elizabeth I. The House of Commons' is the Lower house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, which also comprises the Sovereign and the House of Lords Edward VI (12 October 1537 &ndash 6 July 1553 became King of England and Ireland on 28 January 1547 and was crowned on 20 February at the age of nine Those of the House of Lords date from the first year of Henry VIII in 1509. Henry VIII (28 June 1491 &ndash 28 January 1547 was King of England and Lord of Ireland, later King of Ireland and claimant to the Kingdom of Before that date the proceedings in parliament were entered in the rolls of parliament, which extend from 1278 to 1503. The Rolls of Parliament were the official records of the English Parliament. The journals of the Lords are "records" in the judicial sense, those of the Commons are not (see Erskine May, Parliamentary Practice, 1906, pages 201-202). Thomas Erskine May 1st Baron Farnborough ( 8 February 1815 &ndash 17 May 1886) was a British constitutional theorist
• Section 5 of Article One of the United States Constitution requires the Congress of the United States to keep a journal of its proceedings. Article One of the United States Constitution describes the powers of the legislative branch of the United States government, known as Congress The United States Congress is the bicameral Legislature of the federal government of the United States of America, consisting of two houses Procedural law comprises the rule by which a court hears and determines what happens in civil or criminal proceedings The rules are designed to ensure This journal, the Congressional Record is published by the Government Printing Office. The Congressional Record is the official record of the proceedings and debates of the United States Congress. The Government Printing Office (GPO is an agency of the legislative branch of the United States federal government.

Journals of this sort are also often referred to as minutes or gazettes. Minutes also known as protocols are the instant written record of a Meeting or hearing. The term gazette normally refers to a Newspaper. In the governments of Commonwealth countries a gazette is an official Journal that publishes the

In some countries, the publication in the official journal is a condition for the law to come into effect (know as publication in the official journal) and it is released in the public domain. Coming into force (also called enforcement or enactment) is a term that refers to the process by which Legislation, or part of legislation and To publish is to make content Publicly known. The term is most frequently applied to the distribution of text or images on paper or to the placing of content The public domain is a range of abstract materials &ndash commonly referred to as Intellectual property &ndash which are not owned or controlled by anyone

Business

The term "journal" is used in business: Journal is the book in which the transactions are entered the first time they are processed.

• a book in which an account of transactions is kept previous to a transfer to the ledger in the process of bookkeeping; or
• an equivalent to a ship's log, as a record of the daily run, such as observations, weather changes, or other events of daily importance. A ledger or lieger (from the English dialect forms liggen or leggen, to lie or lay in sense adapted from the Dutch substantive Bookkeeping (also book-keeping or book keeping) is the recording of all Financial transactions undertaken by an individual or Organization (including Journals are so important for business and school. Some Media:Meteorologist also uses Journal

See also

• Diary
• Gazette
• Hans
• Ledger
• Log
• Minutes
• Open Access
• Registry
• Zine
• Journalism