sign-ons

Noun

sign-on (countable and uncountable, plural sign-ons)

1. The username and password for logging in to a computer account.
   • No one likes to continually update and remember multiple passwords and sign-ons, so if it's affordable, try to keep the security as simple as possible.2014, Elizabeth Keathley, Digital Asset Management, →ISBN
2. An attempt to log in.
   • If the number of attempted sign-ons reaches the threshold value in the security software, the system will respond.1998, Martin A. Krist, Standard for Auditing Computer Applications, →ISBN

   Synonyms:

   login, log-in, sign-in

3. (broadly) An instance of signing on to something.
   • Some legislative aides in Washington suggest that church lobbyists do need to be discriminating in their sign-ons.1996, Keith Graber Miller, Wise as Serpents, Innocent as Doves, →ISBN
4. A person who signs on to something.
   • The early sign-ons were already picking their way through the buffet, but the majority of the 3,500 guests had yet to arrive.2009, Brian David Bruns, Cruise Confidential: A Hit Below the Waterline, →ISBN, page 164
5. A verbal script that is repeated at the start of every instance of something, as a form of greeting and identification.
   • In an effort to further reduce voice-radio frequency congestion with the use of data link, some crew members have suggested that no verbal sign-ons be required by the flight crews whenever an ATC frequency change occurs.1991, Charles E. Knox, Charles Harris Scanlon, Flight tests with a data link used for air traffic control information exchange, page 11
6. A signing bonus.
   • At Ryder, Habib used sign-ons as a way to attract key talent to the transportation company.1997, Informationweek - Issues 625-637, page 85