Totaling the columns of a journal and proving the equality of the totals is called footing and cross-footing a journal.

Journal

An accounting record in which transactions are initially recorded in chronological order.

Footing

An accounting term referring to the final total that appears at the bottom of a column of numbers or the process of adding up figures in a column.

Cross-footing

A method used in accounting to check the arithmetic accuracy of accounts by comparing the sums of the totals in the opposite directions.