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Process by which an individual gains access to a computer system

In computer security, logging in is the process by which an individual gains access to a computer system or program by identifying and authenticating themselves. Wikipedia →

🧭 Start here: a 6-step reading path

  1. Read the overview: LoginA 5-minute orientation
  2. Skim a recent paper: Quantum secure patient login credential system using blockchain for electronic health record sharing frameworkInfluential work since 2022
  3. Pick up a classic book: The Executive's Gudie To Social LoginThe most-reprinted book on the subject
  4. Read the landmark paper: Login: a logic programming language with built-in inheritanceCited 248 times
  5. Go sideways: Single sign-onA closely related topic
  6. Go sideways: SAP Logon TicketA closely related topic

📖 Definitions

Noun Credentials: the combination of a user's identification and password used to enter a computer, program, network, etc.

Noun The process or an instance of logging in.

Verb Misspelling of log in.

🗂️ The subject at a glance

  1. Procedure
  2. History and etymology

🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)

🆕 Influential since 2022

📚 Books worth reading

Ranked by number of editions on Open Library, a rough measure of how lasting a book is.

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