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The word {{AWG|User}}, in computer technology, is a short-form name for the "user account," which is a cybernetic device for a human or machine to control a part of a computer system. The opposite is a "system account" where the computer system controls other aspects of its own system. In a virtual world, the {{AWG|User}} controls an {{AWG|Avatar}}. The {{AWG|User}} may provide information in order to verify {{AWG|Identity}}.
The word {{AWG|User}}, in computer technology, is a short-form name for the "user account," which refers to how humans or (guest) machines control a part of a (host) computer system through a cybernetic device (i.e. a keyboard, monitor, joystick, HUDs, virtual devices, etc). The opposite is a "system account" where the (host) computer system controls other aspects of its own (host) computer system. In a virtual world, the {{AWG|User}} controls an {{AWG|Avatar}}. The {{AWG|User}} may provide information in order to verify {{AWG|Identity}}.

Revision as of 08:24, 21 October 2007

The word User, in computer technology, is a short-form name for the "user account," which refers to how humans or (guest) machines control a part of a (host) computer system through a cybernetic device (i.e. a keyboard, monitor, joystick, HUDs, virtual devices, etc). The opposite is a "system account" where the (host) computer system controls other aspects of its own (host) computer system. In a virtual world, the User controls an Avatar. The User may provide information in order to verify Identity.