letter-quality

preceding adj.

Linux

a version of Unix run on Intel hardware

list server

a software program that manages electronic mailing lists.

LISTSERV

mailing list management software from L-Soft international, Inc. (The lowercase "i" in "international" is correct.) The following table comes from L-Soft's licensing agreement under the heading"Always Use our Marks in Proper Context and Form":                

Right Way:

A LISTSERV mailing list

A LISTSERV server

We have several LISTSERV servers in our department."

Wrong Way:

A LISTSERV

 "We have several LISTSERVs in our department." A LISTSERVer

log in

verb, two words   The process of gaining access, or signing in, to a computer system. To log on is the verb.  If access is restricted, it requires users to identify themselves by entering an ID number and/or password. Service bureaus often base their charges for the time between logon and logoff

log into

verb + "to"

log out of

verb,  three words

login

Noun or a verb. Noun: The account name used to gain access to a computer system. Not a secret (contrast with Password)

logoff

adj. or noun, one word    The process of quitting, or signing off, a computer system. To log off is the verb, 2 words.

logon

not used. See login.

lowercase

to print or set in lowercase characters.