setup/set-up, plugin/plug-in and login/log-in

Sridhar Dhanapalan wrote:
> On Monday 28 August 2006 22:59, William Anderson <neuro at well.com> wrote:
>> "Login" may not be a defined British English word (or at least it's not
>> defined in the OED), but it is a defined word within the computing milieu.
> 
> The more that I think about it, the more I am willing to settle for 'login' 
> for both noun and verb forms. However, I'm still unconvinced about 
> using 'setup' or 'plugin' (with no spaces or hyphens) as verbs. Ideally, I'd 
> like some consistency, but we may wish to treat 'login' as a special case due 
> to its heritage in the computing world.

I'd agree with "plug-in" over "plugin", as the term was traditionally
"plug-in" in the days of SuperPaint and Netscape.  Unsure about "set-up"
over "setup".

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