virhelokiin

Virhelokiin is a Finnish IT term describing the action of recording an error or diagnostic information in an error log. The expression is used to indicate the destination of log entries, rather than the content, and is common in software development and system administration discussions.

Etymology and forms: Virheloki means “error log” (virhe = error, loki = log). The suffix -in marks the illative case in Finnish, indicating motion toward, resulting in virhelokiin meaning “to the error log.” The term can appear in forms such as kirjoittaa virhelokiin (to log to the error log) and kirjaus virhelokiin (entry to the error log).

Usage and context: In practice, developers refer to writing messages to the error log when exceptions occur, validations fail, or abnormal conditions are detected. The phrase is often contrasted with logging to standard output or to a different log file. It is a technical term used in Finnish-language documentation, code comments, and incident reports.

See also: virhekirjaus, lokitus, virheilmoitus, log file, logging framework.