user
/ˈjuːzə/ · u·ser
noun
- One who uses or makes use of something, a consumer or client, or an express or implied licensee (free user) or a trespasser. The user of the new software found it intuitive.
- A person who uses drugs, especially illegal drugs. He was arrested as a drug user.
- A person who uses a computer or a computing network, especially one who has received a user account. The system requires a user account to log in.
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Did you know? The term ‘user’ entered the computing lexicon in the 1970s with the rise of multi‑user operating systems like UNIX, and it has since become a ubiquitous part of tech jargon.