Log Explained

Log most often refers to:

• Trunk (botany), the stem and main wooden axis of a tree, called logs when cut
  • Logging, cutting down trees for logs
  • Firewood, logs used for fuel
  • Lumber or timber, converted from wood logs
• Logarithm, in mathematics

Log, LOG or LoG may also refer to:

Arts, entertainment and media

• Log (magazine), an architectural magazine
• The Log, a boating and fishing newspaper published by the Duncan McIntosh Company
• Lamb of God (band) or LoG, an American metal band
• The Log, an electric guitar by Les Paul
• Log, a fictional product in The Ren & Stimpy Show
• The League of Gentlemen or LoG, a British comedy show.

Places

• Log, Russia, the name of several places
• Log, Slovenia, the name of several places

Science and mathematics

• Logarithm, a mathematical function
• Log file, a computer file in which events are recorded
• Laplacian of Gaussian or LoG, an algorithm used in digital image processing

Other uses

• Logbook, or log, a record of important events in the operation of a ship
• Chip log, or log, a tool used to estimate vessel speed
• Log (unit), unit of volume in the Bible and Jewish law