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DefinitionA blog (ブログ) is a way of publishing on the web in which the author keeps adding posts, shown in date order with the newest first.
ExplanationMany blogs let readers add comments to posts, so exchanges between author and readers stay below the post. Trackback is a function that notifies another blog when you have linked to one of its posts.
AnalogyLike a diary left unlocked for anyone to read. The author keeps adding pages, and readers can open it at the latest one.
Memory hookWeb plus log (a record, like a ship's log) made weblog, which was later shortened to blog.