<s>
Many	O
computer	O
systems	O
display	O
a	O
message	B-Operating_System
of	I-Operating_System
the	I-Operating_System
day	I-Operating_System
or	O
welcome	B-Operating_System
message	I-Operating_System
when	O
a	O
user	O
first	O
connects	O
to	O
them	O
,	O
logs	O
in	O
to	O
them	O
,	O
or	O
starts	O
them	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
many	O
time-sharing	O
systems	O
,	O
the	O
contents	O
of	O
the	O
message	B-Operating_System
of	I-Operating_System
the	I-Operating_System
day	I-Operating_System
are	O
fetched	O
from	O
a	O
system	O
file	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
Compatible	B-Operating_System
Time-Sharing	I-Operating_System
System	I-Operating_System
;	O
</s>
<s>
Multics	B-Application
:	O
the	O
motd	B-Operating_System
info	O
segment	O
;	O
</s>
<s>
Unix-like	B-Operating_System
systems	I-Operating_System
:	O
the	O
/etc/motd	O
file	O
,	O
though	O
most	O
modern	O
Linux	B-Application
distributions	I-Application
do	O
not	O
support	O
the	O
file	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
contents	O
of	O
the	O
special	O
file	O
are	O
displayed	O
after	O
the	O
user	O
logs	O
in	O
successfully	O
,	O
typically	O
before	O
the	O
login	O
shell	B-Operating_System
is	O
started	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Newer	O
Unix-like	B-Operating_System
systems	I-Operating_System
may	O
generate	O
the	O
message	O
dynamically	O
when	O
the	O
host	O
boots	O
or	O
a	O
user	O
logs	O
in	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Various	O
server-based	O
PC	B-Device
games	O
display	O
messages	O
of	O
the	O
day	O
,	O
including	O
Half-Life	O
,	O
Call	B-Application
of	I-Application
Duty	I-Application
,	O
Minecraft	B-Application
,	O
and	O
Battlefield	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Some	O
IRC	B-Protocol
servers	O
also	O
display	O
a	O
message	B-Operating_System
of	I-Operating_System
the	I-Operating_System
day	I-Operating_System
on	O
login	O
.	O
</s>
