sign-on

sign-onnoun

• 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.
  • Considering the large number of applications in healthcare, multiple sign-ons can become a significant burden to the users.
• 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.
  • Daily sign-ons are reported by exceptions, i.e. by who has not signed on each day.
• 3

  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.
  • The work of getting sign-ons, for example, was also beneficial because it literally facilitated talking among strangers, and after one sign-on was done, a person who had been approached as a stranger the first time could now be spoken to as a colleague to see whether she or he might be interested in being part of a group working on a project or action.
• 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.
  • I got a call from the crew relations specialist that the sign-on had arrived, and they were taken to the so-called conference room for the sign-on process.
• 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.
  • These sign-ons and sign-offs have evolved through the years and have become “MFM” and “YFM.” This way, my entire family is included in the hellos and good-byes.
• 6

  A signing bonus.

  • At Ryder, Habib used sign-ons as a way to attract key talent to the transportation company.
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