login/logon

[Baker, John]

        I understand a "logon" to be the process generally of accessing a
service or web site, while a "login" is specifically the authentication of
one's identity to a service or web site.  For password-protected services
and web sites, a login is part of a logon; for web sites that are open to
all, one can log on without logging in.

John Baker


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Greg Pulliam [SMTP:pulliam at IIT.EDU]
> Sent: Friday, May 11, 2001 11:20 PM
> To:   ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU
> Subject:      login/logon
>
> Has anyone else noticed that websites invite us to "login," while
> commercials invite us to "logon"?
>