Why call computer authentication "Log in (login)", what is unknown origin?

ByFrits Ahlefeldt-Laurvig

To prove that you are an authorized user of a computer or network service and make it operable is called "Log in", it is established as a daily term. However, it is not well known about the origin of why it came to call "Log in".

The secret origin of "log in" | Designcult
http://www.designcult.org/2011/08/why-do-we-call-in-logging-in.html

Design consulting companyReffell DesignJames Refer was concerned about the phrase "Log in" which is used on a daily basis, so I decided to investigate this.

For the beginning, online versionOxford English Dictionary (OED)When I looked into "Log in", the first type used in the form of printed characters in the sense of computer authentication work was MIT's computer system "1963"Compatible Time-Sharing System(CTSS) "as it is. Since the operation itself of CTSS started in 1961, Mr. Lefer considers whether "Log in" was first used in 1961 or not. The following image is used in the form "login" in that place.

(PDF file) CTSS_ProgrammersGuide.pdf
http://bitsavers.informatik.uni-stuttgart.de/pdf/mit/ctss/CTSS_ProgrammersGuide.pdf


However, the time when "Log in" began to be used as a computer term has been pointed out by blog readers that it started at the latest in the 1950s.

Mr. Lefer who further investigated further confirmed that the phrase "Log in" was widely used already during seafare over 200 years before the birth of a computer. The logbook that records the speed and position of the ship is called "logbook", and the attachment of a logbook is called "log in". Apparently Refer also goes back to the etymology of "logbook" "log in" because this "log in" seems to be the etymology of the computer term "Log in".

ByVxla

The "log in" log (log) is a log of timber that cut down trees and removed branches. In the age when there is no device to measure the speed of ship's sailing, attach a knotted rope to a large log at regular intervals, throw the log into the ocean from the ship sailing, and knot how much knot it is in a certain time measured with an hourglass It seems that the sailing speed was determined from the distance and time of the rope by counting the number or counting the number, so that recording the sailing speed was called "log in (throwing logs)" is. Note that this is the etymology that the unit of ship's sailing speed is "knot (knot)".

Turning from the record of navigation speed, the logbook is called a logbook, the act of posting it is called "log in", and this phrase was adopted as a computer term from the origin of "Log in" is. Furthermore, it is still unclear as to why the phrase "log in", which refers to the record act of a logbook diary, also became to be used for certification of computers, Mr. Refer told those who know this mystery We are asking for offer.


Mr. Refer said that he had a lot of sense of incongruity with respect to the usage of "Log in" as one verb "login". In addition, in recent years, the phrase "Sign in" is emerging instead of "Log in", and I am evaluating that this is more convenient for people in English speaking countries. Furthermore, Mr. Lefer has investigated whether it is using "Log in" "Sign in" as the main Internet service in the United States and the United Kingdom, and it turned out that it is in a state of antagonism in any country.


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In addition, there is a notation "Sign in" on Twitter's sitelink, and it seems "Sign in" faction at first sight ... ...


Where the link was clicked, it is written as "login", and the URL is also displayedhttps://twitter.com/loginAnd here is the double standard "Log in" faction.