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| − | A '''user''' is a person who uses a [[computer]] or [[network]] [[Service (systems architecture)|service]]. | + | A '''user''' is a person who uses a [[computer]] or [[Computer network|network]] [[Service (systems architecture)|service]]. |
Users generally use a system or a software product without the technical expertise required to fully understand it. | Users generally use a system or a software product without the technical expertise required to fully understand it. | ||
| − | Power users use advanced features of programs, though they are not necessarily capable of computer programming and system administration. | + | Power users use advanced features of [[Software|programs]], though they are not necessarily capable of [[computer programming]] and system administration. |
== User account and username == | == User account and username == | ||
Revision as of 10:16, 14 August 2015
A user is a person who uses a computer or network service.
Users generally use a system or a software product without the technical expertise required to fully understand it.
Power users use advanced features of programs, though they are not necessarily capable of computer programming and system administration.
User account and username
A user often has a user account and is identified to the system by a username (or user name). Other terms for username include login name, screen name (or screenname), nickname (or nick) and handle, which is derived from the identical Citizen's Band radio term.
Some software products provide services to other systems and have no direct end users.
