LOG IN Definition & Meaning

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verb

Also: log on.��to enter (an identification number, password, etc) from a remote terminal to gain access to a multiaccess system

noun

Also: login.��the process by which a computer user logs in

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Idioms and Phrases

Also, log on. Enter into a computer the information needed to begin a session, as in I logged in at two o'clock, or There's no record of your logging on today. These expressions refer especially to large systems shared by numerous individuals, who need to enter a username or password before executing a program. The antonyms are log off and log out, meaning “to end a computer session.” All these expressions derive from the use of log in the nautical sense of entering information about a ship in a journal called a log book. [c. 1960]

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"I turned off all the heating and used all my saved up logs in my log burner," she said.

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“I logged in, connected to my account and never went back to it.”

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She said that she was putting thousands of pounds of her own money to cover shortfalls logged in the system.

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Students have complained about not being able to log in to the computers, questions not showing up and power cuts making it impossible to take the examinations.

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According to Minnesota court documents, communications between Zindashti and a member of the Hells Angels, a Canadian biker gang, were logged in the indictment.

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