log in
<security> (Or "login", "log on", "logon") To start a session with a
system, usually by giving a user name and password as a means of user
authentication. The term is also used to mean the ability to access a service
(also called an account), e.g. "Have you been given a login yet?"
"Log in/on" is occasionally misused to refer to starting a session where no
authorisation is involved, or to access where there is no session involved. E.g.
"Log on to our Web site!"
"login" is also the Unix program which reads and verifies a user's user name and
password and starts an interactive session.
The noun forms are usually written as a single word whereas the verb forms are
often written as two words.
To end a session is to "log out" or "off".
(2006-07-10)
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