log in

Definition

To gain access to a computer system, usually by providing a previously registered username and password.

Etymology

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.

Example Sentences

• "I would like to log in to check my e-mail, but I can't remember my password."
• "Their cover version of Bobby "Blue" Bland's "Turn On Your Love Light" logged in at number 80 in 1968."