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log in
Where it comes from
By analogy with clock in. First use of the term appears in 1963 in the publication Compatible Time-Sharing System from the MIT Computation Center.
verb logs in · logging in · logged in
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To gain access to a computer system, usually by providing a previously registered username and password.
I would like to log in to check my e-mail, but I can't remember my password.
Similar: log on, sign in, sign on, log into · Opposite: log off, log out, sign off, sign out
- To be placed at a certain ranking. Their cover version of Bobby "Blue" Bland's "Turn On Your Love Light" logged in at number 80 in 1968.
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verb gain access to a computer system
| Español | entrar, iniciar sesión, loguearse |
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| 한국어 | 로그인하다 rogeu'inhada |
| 日本語 | ログインする roguin suru, サインインする sain'in suru |
| 中文 | 記入 /记入 jìrù, 登錄 /登录 dēnglù, 簽入 /签入 qiānrù |
| Kiswahili | ingia |
| Português | fazer/realizar login (o), entrar, fazer login, realizar login, logar, autenticar |
| Français | s'identifier, se connecter |
| Deutsch | sich anmelden, sich einloggen, einloggen |
| Italiano | accedere, autenticarsi, entrare |
| Română | autentifica, loga |
| Русский | авторизо́вываться avtorizóvyvatʹsja, авторизова́ться avtorizovátʹsja, войти́ vojtí, подсоедини́ться podsojedinítʹsja, подключи́ться podključítʹsja, зарегистри́роваться zaregistrírovatʹsja |
| Tiếng Việt | đăng nhập, hội nhập |
| עברית | התחבר hitkhabér, נכנס nikhnás, נכנס לחשבון nikhnás lekheshbón |
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