Login

As Login or Sign-in (of English. (To) log in = " log ", " sign " → " [User ] Application ", also: Sign-on/Signon, Log-on/Logon, etc. ) is the procedure referred to log in a computer system into a special service ( log ). Usually the process is used to tell the system that now begins a session and that the user wants to be associated with a user account.

Function

Logging into a system is often the fact that a user name and password are required. After successful authentication, the user receives a personalized access to the system with the permissions that are defined by a user profile. By logging in a so-called session that is terminated by a logout begins.

Examples

Computer - to-computer communication

In addition to the form of interactive logins, the term is also used in reference to the Register of a computer in a network via DHCP, SMB, RADIUS or another protocol.

Trivia

Since the advent of game shows in the late 1990s, the term log incorrectly as " binding submissions for quiz answers into the computer " used. This is, however, a failed Eindeutschung of English (to) lock, which means as much ( among other things) - such as "lock", " locked ", "save" or "fix".