audit trail
noun
: a record of a sequence of events (such as actions performed by a computer) from which a history may be reconstructed
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In the background, Chicago’s own audit trail was public and unambiguous.
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Dell Cameron, Wired News, 12 Nov. 2025
While blockchain transactions provide transparent audit trails, corporate financial systems often require custom programming to properly categorize digital asset movements.
—Matthew Kayser, USA Today, 24 Oct. 2025
The law also requires law enforcement agencies to maintain an audit trail that identifies the person who used AI to create a report and any video and audio footage used in creating the report.
—Andrew Guthrie Ferguson, The Conversation, 15 Oct. 2025
Most leading teams keep an audit trail so regressions don’t slip through the cracks and improvements are visible to all stakeholders.
—Sebastian Crossa, Forbes.com, 19 Sep. 2025
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Dell Cameron, Wired News, 12 Nov. 2025
While blockchain transactions provide transparent audit trails, corporate financial systems often require custom programming to properly categorize digital asset movements.
—Matthew Kayser, USA Today, 24 Oct. 2025
The law also requires law enforcement agencies to maintain an audit trail that identifies the person who used AI to create a report and any video and audio footage used in creating the report.
—Andrew Guthrie Ferguson, The Conversation, 15 Oct. 2025
Most leading teams keep an audit trail so regressions don’t slip through the cracks and improvements are visible to all stakeholders.
—Sebastian Crossa, Forbes.com, 19 Sep. 2025
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“Audit trail.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/audit%20trail. Accessed 30 Nov. 2025.
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