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Definition of Login Account

A Login Account is a set of information about a user stored on a Host System. It typically includes Credentials, a full name, and other Operating System-specific information such as a numeric User ID, a home directory, group membership and so forth.

What constitutes a Login Account is extremely Operating System-dependent.