<s>
An	O
electronic	B-Protocol
lab	I-Protocol
notebook	I-Protocol
(	O
also	O
known	O
as	O
electronic	B-Protocol
laboratory	I-Protocol
notebook	I-Protocol
,	O
or	O
ELN	B-Protocol
)	O
is	O
a	O
computer	B-Application
program	I-Application
designed	O
to	O
replace	O
paper	O
laboratory	O
notebooks	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Electronic	B-Protocol
lab	I-Protocol
notebooks	I-Protocol
are	O
a	O
fairly	O
new	O
technology	O
and	O
offer	O
many	O
benefits	O
to	O
the	O
user	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
organizations	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
example	O
:	O
electronic	B-Protocol
lab	I-Protocol
notebooks	I-Protocol
are	O
easier	O
to	O
search	O
upon	O
,	O
simplify	O
data	O
copying	O
and	O
backups	O
,	O
and	O
support	O
collaboration	O
amongst	O
many	O
users	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
is	O
a	O
list	B-Application
of	I-Application
ELN	I-Application
software	I-Application
packages	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
incomplete	O
,	O
as	O
a	O
recent	O
review	O
listed	O
96	O
active	O
&	O
76	O
inactive	O
(	O
172	O
total	O
)	O
ELN	B-Protocol
products	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Notably	O
,	O
this	O
review	O
and	O
other	O
lists	O
of	O
ELN	B-Protocol
software	O
often	O
do	O
not	O
include	O
widely	O
used	O
generic	O
notetaking	O
software	O
like	O
Onenote	B-Application
,	O
Notion	B-Protocol
,	O
Jupyter	O
etc	O
,	O
due	O
to	O
their	O
lack	O
ELN	B-Protocol
nominal	O
features	O
like	O
time-stamping	O
and	O
append-only	O
editing	O
.	O
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