Username
noun, Computers.
1.
Also called login name, logon name, sign-in name, sign-on name. a unique sequence of characters used to identify a user and allow access to a computer system, computer network, or online account.
2.
the part of an email address before the @ sign.
noun
1.
(computing) a name that someone uses for identification purposes when logging onto a computer, using chatrooms, or as part of his or her e-mail address
noun
the unique set of characters identifying a user of a shared computer program, system, or network, which allows access when coupled with a password; also written user name , also called user ID
Word Origin
1971-76
Read Also:
- User network interface
communications, networking (UNI) An interface point between ATM end users and a private ATM switch, or between a private ATM switch and the public carrier ATM network. The physical and protocol specifications for UNIs are defined by the ATM Forum’s UNI documents, which allow for various types of physical interfaces. See also: NNI (1999-01-23)
- User-obsequious
jargon Emphatic form of user-friendly. Connotes a system so verbose, inflexible, and determinedly simple-minded that it is nearly unusable. “Design a system any fool can use and only a fool will want to use it.” See WIMP, Macintrash. See also user-unctuous. [Jargon File] (1999-06-27)
- User-unctuous
jargon (By analogy with user-friendly and user-obsequious) User-interfaces that attempt to soothe (or, some would say, stupify) users instead of cooperating with them. Common “features” of user-unctuous systems include: icons of happy faces; mellow colors; melodic sound effects or even mood music; help tips appearing unbidden and at unhelpful moments; and a cloying tone either […]
- USES
1. United States Employment Service. verb (used with object), used, using. 1. to employ for some purpose; put into service; make use of: to use a knife. 2. to avail oneself of; apply to one’s own purposes: to use the facilities. 3. to expend or consume in use: We have used the money provided. 4. […]
- Uset
USET United States Equestrian Team