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verb
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Also: log on.
to enter (an identification number, password, etc) from a remote terminal to gain access to a multiaccess system
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2012 Digital Edition
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noun
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Also: login.
the process by which a computer user logs in
"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged"
2012 Digital Edition
© William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986
© HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005,
2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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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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May 10, 2026
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Apr. 30, 2026
The last log in the fire crackled, sending sparks.
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"Ship Breaker" by Paolo Bacigalupi
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