Software program log out takes time identifying attachment (9)
I believe the answer is:
appendage
'attachment' is the definition.
(thesaurus)
'software program log out takes time' is the wordplay.
'software program' becomes 'app' (I've seen this before).
'log out takes' becomes 'end' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'time' becomes 'age' (an age is a period of time).
'app'+'end'+'age'='APPENDAGE'
'identifying' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for appendage that I've seen before include "An outgrowth" , "It's added or attached to a larger or more important part" , "Addendum" , "E.g. insect's leg, feeler" , "Thing attached to another" .)