log in

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]

log in

1. To provide the necessary information to a computer for someone to be allowed to access computer resources; log on: I'll log you in so that you can access the library's resources. I sat at the terminal and logged in using my student account.

2. To spend some amount of time working: We've logged in 100 hours working on this project.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Hildebrand	HIL-de-brahnt (German)	German (Archaic), Ancient Germanic
Ferrer	-	Various
Gus (1)	GUS	English, Scottish
Bailee	BAY-lee	English (Modern)
Vincent	VIN-sənt (English), ven-SAWN (French)	English, French, Dutch, Danish, Swedish, Slovak
Naveen	-	Indian, Hindi, Marathi, Kannada, Telugu, Tamil, Malayalam