 an electronic communications system.
[General Dictionaries] 
program record 
n., A type of register that records the identifying attributes of incoming, outgoing, and/or internal records, specifying the action taken. [Archives] 
n., A register containing unique, consecutive numbers assigned to records and including additional information about the identity of persons involved and the documentary context of the record. [Archives] 
n., The protocol register [...] records the document's protocol number (i.e.,