{
  "id": "login.digital",
  "term": "login",
  "sense": "digital",
  "pos": "noun",
  "status": "review",
  "level": 12,
  "arena": "computer",
  "domain": "online",
  "style": null,
  "definition": "an event when a user gains access to a computer by providing an identifier",
  "folk_gloss": null,
  "emergence": {
    "components": [
      "user.role",
      "access.entry",
      "security.safety",
      "computer.digital",
      "event.occurrence",
      "get.acquisition",
      "name.identifier",
      "provide.supply",
      "identifier.label"
    ],
    "interaction": "the user provides an identifier, enabling security to verify identity and allow access to the digital computer",
    "novel_properties": [
      "authenticated access",
      "identity verification",
      "secured entry point"
    ]
  },
  "examples": [
    {
      "text": "In 2023, 2.1 billion Facebook users entered passwords to access their accounts daily.",
      "domain": "computing"
    },
    {
      "text": "Employees at Tesla’s Fremont factory scan RFID badges to enter restricted production zones.",
      "domain": "engineering"
    },
    {
      "text": "Citibank customers used ATM PINs to retrieve cash, verifying identity since 1977.",
      "domain": "economics"
    }
  ],
  "relations": [
    {
      "id": "access.entry",
      "type": "is-a",
      "note": "login is a type of access"
    }
  ],
  "used_by": [],
  "forms": [
    "login",
    "logins"
  ],
  "closed": false,
  "provenance": {
    "author": "openrouter:openai/gpt-oss-120b",
    "date": "2026-07-29",
    "confidence": 0.6,
    "reconciled": {
      "by": "openrouter:qwen/qwen3-235b-a22b-2507",
      "date": "2026-07-31",
      "changed": "components",
      "note": "Added missing 'identifier.label' which is essential for distinguishing the identifier; definition remained accurate and unchanged."
    }
  },
  "canonical": "https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-login.digital"
}