Login Terms


Login (or logging in): To start a session with a system.

In computer security, a login (or logon) is the process by which individual access to a computer system.

A Login is usually composed by a user name and a password as a means of user authentication.

The verbs are two words: log in and log out, whereas the nouns are login and logout.

Verbs : To log in = to sign in

Synonymes: Login = signin = logon

Opposite: Logout