logon

[lawg-on, -awn, log-] Origin

log·on

[lawg-on, -awn, log-]
noun
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Main Entry:  logon1
Part of Speech:  n
Definition:  See login
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logon
in computer sense, as one word, by 1975, from log (v.) + in.
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logon definition


1. login.
2. In ACF/VTAM, an unformatted session-initiation request for a session between two logical units.
(1996-03-07)

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