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correlation ID

Meaning in software engineering, with examples

nounCommon term

In software engineering, correlation ID means: An identifier carried across related operations or messages so their records can be connected during investigation.

In Turkish: ilişkilendirme kimliği

How it is used

Used in logs and distributed services. It links activity but does not replace user authentication or authorization.

Example sentences

  1. The support engineer searched the correlation ID across the payment and shipping logs.

    The shared identifier links records from different services for one workflow.

  2. We forwarded the correlation ID when the request created a background job.

    Passing the identifier preserves the connection after work becomes asynchronous.

Common collocations

  • propagate a correlation ID
  • correlation ID header
  • tracingFollowing a single request as it passes through many services, recording how long each step takes, so you can see where time is lost or errors happen.
  • logA record of events, messages and errors that a program writes while it runs, used later to understand what happened. Also a verb: to log an error.

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