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Subject:Re: login to, log into, log in to From:"Campbell, Art" <artc -at- NORTHCHURCH -dot- NET> Date:Fri, 16 Jul 1999 16:51:23 -0400
Standard terminology is a carry-down from UNIX and mainframe custom; the
commands you execute in order to gain access are "logon" and "logoff." So I
think executing the
command is to "log on" or "log off."
Art
Art Campbell
Technical Publications
Northchurch Communications
Five Corporate Drive
Andover, MA 01810
978 691-6344
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Subject: login to, log into, log in to
what's the correct way to say "log into a server"?
