English words for '(computing) The process of logging on.'
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adj
noun
- (computing) A process responsible for managing other processes.
- A person who monitors someone to make sure they comply with rules or other requirements set for them.
- (management) A person with the official task of overseeing the work of a person or group, or of other operations and activities.
- (US) In certain states, an elected member of the governing body for a county which is called the board of supervisors.
- one who supervises or has charge and direction of
- a program that controls the execution of other programs
noun
- A log kept by someone who makes telephone calls as part or all of their job, tracking the calls scheduled or made and the outcome of those calls.
- A script or plan used by a salesperson to guide them through making their sales calls or visits.
- A document filled out by ambulance personnel describing a call that has been made, including all presenting problems, any treatments administered, and any other relevant notes, which is passed on to the medical team at the hospital.
- (film production, television production) The production schedule for a single day, detailing every scene to be filmed, and who is needed for each of those scenes.
verb
- (transitive) To make, to add an entry (or more) in a log or logbook.
- (intransitive) To cut down trees in an area, harvesting and transporting the logs as wood.
- (transitive) To cut trees into logs.
- (transitive) To travel (a distance) as shown in a logbook.
- (transitive) To cut down (trees).
- (video games) To log out; to disconnect from an online video game.
- (transitive) To travel at a specified speed, as ascertained by a chip log.
- cut lumber, as in woods and forests
- enter into a log, as on ships and planes
noun
- (computer science) Specifically, an append-only sequential record of events written to a file, display, or other data stream.
- (nautical) A floating device, usually of wood, used in navigation to estimate the speed of a vessel through water.
- Synonym of logarithm.
- A unit of length equivalent to 16 feet, used for measuring timber, especially the trunk of a tree.
- (figuratively) A blockhead; a very stupid person.
- A logbook, or journal of a vessel's (or aircraft's) progress.
- (vulgar) A piece of feces, especially a relatively long, solid one, resembling a tree log.
- (mining) A weight or block near the free end of a hoisting rope to prevent it from being drawn through the sheave.
- The trunk of a dead tree, cleared of branches.
- Any bulky piece as cut from the above, used as timber, fuel etc.
- (vulgar) A penis.
- (surfing slang) A heavy longboard.
- A chronological record of actions, performances, computer/network usage, etc.
- Anything shaped like a log; a cylinder.
- (sciences) A difference of one in the logarithm, usually in base 10; an order of magnitude.
- (figuratively) A rolled cake with filling.
- (historical units of measure) A Hebrew unit of liquid volume (about ¹⁄₃ liter).
- a segment of the trunk of a tree when stripped of branches
- a written record of events on a voyage (of a ship or plane)
- measuring instrument that consists of a float that trails from a ship by a knotted line in order to measure the ship's speed through the water
- the exponent required to produce a given number
- a written record of messages sent or received
noun
name
noun
- (computing) The execution history of computer processes which were used to compute a final piece of data (process provenance).
- (archaeology) The place and time of origin of some artifact or other object. See Usage notes below.
- (art) The history of ownership of a work of art.
- Place or source of origin.
- (computing) The copy history of a piece of data, or the intermediate pieces of data used to compute a final data element, as in a database record or web site (data provenance).
- (of a person) Background; history; place of origin.
- where something originated or was nurtured in its early existence
verb
noun
name
noun
- (computing) A piece of software responsible for assigning priorities and resources to tasks waiting to be scheduled.
- Agent noun of dispatch; one who dispatches.
- (gambling, slang) Any die used for cheating, whether fraudulently weighted or bearing duplicate numbers.
- In a transportation organization, a person who controls the movements of vehicles.
- employee of a transportation company who controls the departures of vehicles according to weather conditions and in the interest of efficient service
- the official who signals the beginning of a race or competition
noun
- (computing) A process that traces something, such as the path of execution of a program during debugging.
- A device or instrument used to assist in making tracings.
- (chemistry) A compound, element, or isotope used to track the progress or history of a natural process.
- A person who traces something.
- The act or state of tracking or investigating something.
- A request to trace the movements of a person or an object, such as a shipment.
- A round of ammunition for a firearm that contains magnesium or another flammable substance arranged such that it will burn and produce a visible trail when fired in the dark.
- ammunition whose flight can be observed by a trail of smoke
- an investigator who is employed to find missing persons or missing goods
- an instrument used to make tracings
- (radiology) any radioactive isotope introduced into the body to study metabolism or other biological processes
noun
- (computing) A task in a cycle of tasks where the status of being active task is passed around the loop.
- Anything with a cyclic (repetitious) behaviour. Something that cycles between different states.
- (astronomy) An orbit that approaches two astronomical bodies on a regular basis.
- (biochemistry) Ellipsis of thermal cycler, a machine for creating multiple copies of DNA sequences.
- (medicine) A device for performing dialysis; for mechanically purifying blood.
- (astronautics, by extension) A, usually man-made, object that follows such an orbit.
- (psychology, euphemistic) A person with bipolar disorder, often used when comparing the speed of mood swings.
verb
noun
- something kept back or saved for future use or a special purpose
- the large log at the back of a hearth fire
- an accumulation of jobs not done or materials not processed that are yet to be dealt with (especially unfilled customer orders for products or services)
- A log containing text previously read, as in text-based video games or chat rooms.
- A large log to burn at the back of a fire.
- An accumulation or buildup, especially of unfilled orders, unconsumed products or unfinished work.
- A reserve source or supply.
noun
- (computing) A process launched by another process.
- An animal or plant's progeny or young.
- A person's daughter or son; a person's child.
- Any of a person's descendants, including of further generations.
- (figuratively) Anything produced; the result of an entity's efforts.
- the immediate descendants of a person
- any immature animal
- something that comes into existence as a result
noun
- (computing) A chronological record of changes made to a database or other system; along with a backup or image copy that allows recovery after a failure or reinstatement to a previous time; a log.
- (accounting) A general journal.
- A diary or daily record of a person, organization, vessel etc.; daybook.
- The amount of land that can be worked in a day.
- (accounting) A chronological record of payments or receipts.
- (mechanical engineering) the part of a rotating shaft or axle that rests on the bearing
- A newspaper or magazine dealing with a particular subject.
- a daily written record of (usually personal) experiences and observations
- the part of the axle contained by a bearing
- a periodical dedicated to a particular subject
- a record book as a physical object
- a ledger in which transactions have been recorded as they occurred
verb
noun
- A record made in a log, diary or anything similarly organized; (computing) a datum in a database.
- (Midlands) A passageway between terraced houses that provides a means of entering a back garden or yard.
- (uncountable) Permission to enter.
- A small group formed within a church, especially Episcopal, for simple dinner and fellowship, and to help facilitate new friendships
- (linear algebra) A term at any position in a matrix.
- The act of entering.
- A doorway that provides a means of entering a building.
- An item in a list, such as an article in a dictionary or encyclopedia.
- The exhibition or depositing of a ship's papers at the customhouse, to procure licence to land goods; or the giving an account of a ship's cargo to the officer of the customs, and obtaining his permission to land the goods.
- (hunting) The introduction of new hounds into a pack.
- (insurance) The start of an insurance contract.
- (law) The act of taking possession.
- A small room immediately inside the front door of a house or other building, often having an access to a stairway and leading on to other rooms
- (music) The point when a musician starts to play or sing; entrance.
- something that provides access (to get in or get out)
- something (manuscripts or architectural plans and models or estimates or works of art of all genres etc.) submitted for the judgment of others (as in a competition)
- an item inserted in a written record
- the act of beginning something new
- the act of entering
- a written record of a commercial transaction
noun
- (computing) Initialism of electronic document management.
- (engineering) Initialism of engineering data management.
- (electrics) Initialism of electrical discharge machining.
- (UK politics) Initialism of early day motion.
- (computing) Initialism of entity data model.
- (music, uncountable) Initialism of electronic dance music.
name
noun
- (computer science) an output device that prints the results of data processing
- someone whose occupation is printing
- a machine that prints
- (computer hardware) A device, usually attached to a computer, used to print text or images onto paper; an analogous device capable of producing three-dimensional objects.
- (printing) The operator of a printing press or the owner of a printing business; (metonymic) any printing business.
- One who makes prints.
noun
verb
noun
verb
noun
- (computing) A process responsible for managing other processes.
- A person who monitors someone to make sure they comply with rules or other requirements set for them.
- (management) A person with the official task of overseeing the work of a person or group, or of other operations and activities.
- (US) In certain states, an elected member of the governing body for a county which is called the board of supervisors.
- one who supervises or has charge and direction of
- a program that controls the execution of other programs
noun
- A log kept by someone who makes telephone calls as part or all of their job, tracking the calls scheduled or made and the outcome of those calls.
- A script or plan used by a salesperson to guide them through making their sales calls or visits.
- A document filled out by ambulance personnel describing a call that has been made, including all presenting problems, any treatments administered, and any other relevant notes, which is passed on to the medical team at the hospital.
- (film production, television production) The production schedule for a single day, detailing every scene to be filmed, and who is needed for each of those scenes.
noun
name
noun
- (computing) The execution history of computer processes which were used to compute a final piece of data (process provenance).
- (archaeology) The place and time of origin of some artifact or other object. See Usage notes below.
- (art) The history of ownership of a work of art.
- Place or source of origin.
- (computing) The copy history of a piece of data, or the intermediate pieces of data used to compute a final data element, as in a database record or web site (data provenance).
- (of a person) Background; history; place of origin.
- where something originated or was nurtured in its early existence
verb
noun
name
noun
- (computing) A piece of software responsible for assigning priorities and resources to tasks waiting to be scheduled.
- Agent noun of dispatch; one who dispatches.
- (gambling, slang) Any die used for cheating, whether fraudulently weighted or bearing duplicate numbers.
- In a transportation organization, a person who controls the movements of vehicles.
- employee of a transportation company who controls the departures of vehicles according to weather conditions and in the interest of efficient service
- the official who signals the beginning of a race or competition
noun
- (computing) A process that traces something, such as the path of execution of a program during debugging.
- A device or instrument used to assist in making tracings.
- (chemistry) A compound, element, or isotope used to track the progress or history of a natural process.
- A person who traces something.
- The act or state of tracking or investigating something.
- A request to trace the movements of a person or an object, such as a shipment.
- A round of ammunition for a firearm that contains magnesium or another flammable substance arranged such that it will burn and produce a visible trail when fired in the dark.
- ammunition whose flight can be observed by a trail of smoke
- an investigator who is employed to find missing persons or missing goods
- an instrument used to make tracings
- (radiology) any radioactive isotope introduced into the body to study metabolism or other biological processes
noun
- (computing) A task in a cycle of tasks where the status of being active task is passed around the loop.
- Anything with a cyclic (repetitious) behaviour. Something that cycles between different states.
- (astronomy) An orbit that approaches two astronomical bodies on a regular basis.
- (biochemistry) Ellipsis of thermal cycler, a machine for creating multiple copies of DNA sequences.
- (medicine) A device for performing dialysis; for mechanically purifying blood.
- (astronautics, by extension) A, usually man-made, object that follows such an orbit.
- (psychology, euphemistic) A person with bipolar disorder, often used when comparing the speed of mood swings.
noun
- (computing) A process launched by another process.
- An animal or plant's progeny or young.
- A person's daughter or son; a person's child.
- Any of a person's descendants, including of further generations.
- (figuratively) Anything produced; the result of an entity's efforts.
- the immediate descendants of a person
- any immature animal
- something that comes into existence as a result
noun
- (computing) A chronological record of changes made to a database or other system; along with a backup or image copy that allows recovery after a failure or reinstatement to a previous time; a log.
- (accounting) A general journal.
- A diary or daily record of a person, organization, vessel etc.; daybook.
- The amount of land that can be worked in a day.
- (accounting) A chronological record of payments or receipts.
- (mechanical engineering) the part of a rotating shaft or axle that rests on the bearing
- A newspaper or magazine dealing with a particular subject.
- a daily written record of (usually personal) experiences and observations
- the part of the axle contained by a bearing
- a periodical dedicated to a particular subject
- a record book as a physical object
- a ledger in which transactions have been recorded as they occurred
verb
noun
- A record made in a log, diary or anything similarly organized; (computing) a datum in a database.
- (Midlands) A passageway between terraced houses that provides a means of entering a back garden or yard.
- (uncountable) Permission to enter.
- A small group formed within a church, especially Episcopal, for simple dinner and fellowship, and to help facilitate new friendships
- (linear algebra) A term at any position in a matrix.
- The act of entering.
- A doorway that provides a means of entering a building.
- An item in a list, such as an article in a dictionary or encyclopedia.
- The exhibition or depositing of a ship's papers at the customhouse, to procure licence to land goods; or the giving an account of a ship's cargo to the officer of the customs, and obtaining his permission to land the goods.
- (hunting) The introduction of new hounds into a pack.
- (insurance) The start of an insurance contract.
- (law) The act of taking possession.
- A small room immediately inside the front door of a house or other building, often having an access to a stairway and leading on to other rooms
- (music) The point when a musician starts to play or sing; entrance.
- something that provides access (to get in or get out)
- something (manuscripts or architectural plans and models or estimates or works of art of all genres etc.) submitted for the judgment of others (as in a competition)
- an item inserted in a written record
- the act of beginning something new
- the act of entering
- a written record of a commercial transaction
noun
- (computing) Initialism of electronic document management.
- (engineering) Initialism of engineering data management.
- (electrics) Initialism of electrical discharge machining.
- (UK politics) Initialism of early day motion.
- (computing) Initialism of entity data model.
- (music, uncountable) Initialism of electronic dance music.
name
verb
- (transitive) To make, to add an entry (or more) in a log or logbook.
- (intransitive) To cut down trees in an area, harvesting and transporting the logs as wood.
- (transitive) To cut trees into logs.
- (transitive) To travel (a distance) as shown in a logbook.
- (transitive) To cut down (trees).
- (video games) To log out; to disconnect from an online video game.
- (transitive) To travel at a specified speed, as ascertained by a chip log.
- cut lumber, as in woods and forests
- enter into a log, as on ships and planes
noun
- (computer science) Specifically, an append-only sequential record of events written to a file, display, or other data stream.
- (nautical) A floating device, usually of wood, used in navigation to estimate the speed of a vessel through water.
- Synonym of logarithm.
- A unit of length equivalent to 16 feet, used for measuring timber, especially the trunk of a tree.
- (figuratively) A blockhead; a very stupid person.
- A logbook, or journal of a vessel's (or aircraft's) progress.
- (vulgar) A piece of feces, especially a relatively long, solid one, resembling a tree log.
- (mining) A weight or block near the free end of a hoisting rope to prevent it from being drawn through the sheave.
- The trunk of a dead tree, cleared of branches.
- Any bulky piece as cut from the above, used as timber, fuel etc.
- (vulgar) A penis.
- (surfing slang) A heavy longboard.
- A chronological record of actions, performances, computer/network usage, etc.
- Anything shaped like a log; a cylinder.
- (sciences) A difference of one in the logarithm, usually in base 10; an order of magnitude.
- (figuratively) A rolled cake with filling.
- (historical units of measure) A Hebrew unit of liquid volume (about ¹⁄₃ liter).
- a segment of the trunk of a tree when stripped of branches
- a written record of events on a voyage (of a ship or plane)
- measuring instrument that consists of a float that trails from a ship by a knotted line in order to measure the ship's speed through the water
- the exponent required to produce a given number
- a written record of messages sent or received
noun
- (computer science) an output device that prints the results of data processing
- someone whose occupation is printing
- a machine that prints
- (computer hardware) A device, usually attached to a computer, used to print text or images onto paper; an analogous device capable of producing three-dimensional objects.
- (printing) The operator of a printing press or the owner of a printing business; (metonymic) any printing business.
- One who makes prints.
noun
verb
noun
verb
verb
- (transitive) To make, to add an entry (or more) in a log or logbook.
- (intransitive) To cut down trees in an area, harvesting and transporting the logs as wood.
- (transitive) To cut trees into logs.
- (transitive) To travel (a distance) as shown in a logbook.
- (transitive) To cut down (trees).
- (video games) To log out; to disconnect from an online video game.
- (transitive) To travel at a specified speed, as ascertained by a chip log.
- cut lumber, as in woods and forests
- enter into a log, as on ships and planes
noun
- (computer science) Specifically, an append-only sequential record of events written to a file, display, or other data stream.
- (nautical) A floating device, usually of wood, used in navigation to estimate the speed of a vessel through water.
- Synonym of logarithm.
- A unit of length equivalent to 16 feet, used for measuring timber, especially the trunk of a tree.
- (figuratively) A blockhead; a very stupid person.
- A logbook, or journal of a vessel's (or aircraft's) progress.
- (vulgar) A piece of feces, especially a relatively long, solid one, resembling a tree log.
- (mining) A weight or block near the free end of a hoisting rope to prevent it from being drawn through the sheave.
- The trunk of a dead tree, cleared of branches.
- Any bulky piece as cut from the above, used as timber, fuel etc.
- (vulgar) A penis.
- (surfing slang) A heavy longboard.
- A chronological record of actions, performances, computer/network usage, etc.
- Anything shaped like a log; a cylinder.
- (sciences) A difference of one in the logarithm, usually in base 10; an order of magnitude.
- (figuratively) A rolled cake with filling.
- (historical units of measure) A Hebrew unit of liquid volume (about ¹⁄₃ liter).
- a segment of the trunk of a tree when stripped of branches
- a written record of events on a voyage (of a ship or plane)
- measuring instrument that consists of a float that trails from a ship by a knotted line in order to measure the ship's speed through the water
- the exponent required to produce a given number
- a written record of messages sent or received
verb
noun
- something kept back or saved for future use or a special purpose
- the large log at the back of a hearth fire
- an accumulation of jobs not done or materials not processed that are yet to be dealt with (especially unfilled customer orders for products or services)
- A log containing text previously read, as in text-based video games or chat rooms.
- A large log to burn at the back of a fire.
- An accumulation or buildup, especially of unfilled orders, unconsumed products or unfinished work.
- A reserve source or supply.