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/ˈjuːzə/, U.S. /ˈjuzər/ 1.
a. A person who has or makes use of a thing, esp. regularly; a person who employs or practices something.
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the world > action or operation > advantage > usefulness > use (made of things) > [noun] > one who uses
userc1425
handler1537
utilizer1873
c1425 tr. J. Arderne Treat. Fistula (Sloane 6) (1910) 8 Þe forseid [counsels]..shal giffe a gracious going to þe vser to þe hiȝte of worship.
1467 in J. T. Smith & L. T. Smith Eng. Gilds (1870) 387 That it be so stopped by the doers or vsers therof.
?1577 J. Northbrooke Spiritus est Vicarius Christi: Treat. Dicing 142 God graunt that..the Magistrates..may..set sharpe punishment for the vsers and teachers thereof.
1609 W. Shakespeare Sonnets ix. sig. B2v But beauties waste hath in the world an end, And kept vnvsde the vser so destroyes it.
a1631 J. Donne Serm. (1954) VII. 241 As he [sc. God] sees him a good or a bad user of his graces.
1683 T. Tryon Way to Health 223 These Superfluities..are become as it were Essential to the Nature of the Users.
1711 J. Anderson Countrey-man's Let. to Curat 58 What tho' all our Reformers had been users and readers of the English Service?
1738 W. Warburton Divine Legation Moses I. 84 The utmost Consumption may be made..without Injury to the User.
1813 Q. Rev. Oct. 107 This restless spirit had now taken a harmless direction..and should never thereafter be an user of a temporal sword more.
1846 W. Greener Sci. Gunnery (new ed.) p. vii The safety of the user of guns.
1846 J. B. Mozley Ess. 1878 I. 251 He is a user of Puritanism.
1862 F. E. Anstie in Cornhill Mag. Nov. 608 A moderate user of tobacco.
1876 W. D. Whitney Lang. & its Study iii. 74 It seeks..to save time and labour to the users of language.
1916 Middleton (N.Y.) Daily Times 28 Apr. 7/5 In going down the rope slips through the pulley shell held by the user and revolves the wheel inside.
1960 A. Ellis Essence of Beauty xii. 142 The characteristic a discerning and discriminating user looks for in a perfume..is what the perfumer calls ‘the soft odour note’.
2005 R. J. Sawyer Mindscan xxx. 217 It used to be, I'm told, that spacesuits had to be custom built for each user, but new adaptive fabrics made that unnecessary.
b. colloquial (originally North American). A person who manipulates others for personal advantage; a person who takes advantage of others (frequently in a romantic or sexual context).
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the world > action or operation > advantage > usefulness > use (made of things) > instrumentality > [noun] > (a) means > person as > mere > one who uses
user1931
puppet master1965
1931 J. Hanley Boy viii. 141 A man's a man and a boy's a boy, and sometimes a man's a bloody user. User. Know the word. Use him.
1971 T. Wiseman Romantic Englishwoman 271 You use me, you're a user.
1982 M. Atwood Bodily Harm v. 247 He's a politician so he's a user.
1988 A. Macrae Awful Childhoods xi. 129 What a user!.. And he never contributed a thing to the meal.
2000 J. J. Connolly Layer Cake (2004) 60 She's havin it with some right fuckin losers, wasters, scumbags, dopers, the same story as her mother, don't know who's good for her and who's a user.
c. A person who takes illegal drugs on a regular or habitual basis; an addict. Originally U.S.Often used to refer to a person who takes highly toxic and addictive drugs, especially heroin or crack cocaine.
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the world > physical sensation > use of drugs and poison > [noun] > drug-user
drug-taker1800
sleigh-rider1833
abuser1847
user1935
joy-popper1936
popper1967
substance abuser1967
1923 Boston Daily Globe 10 Oct. 2/3 Since prohibition the abstainer group of pneumonia patients has increased.., while the heavy user group fell.]
1935 A. J. Pollock Underworld Speaks 129/2 User, a person addicted to any of the poisonous habit forming drugs; a hop-head; dope fiend.
1953 W. S. Burroughs Junkie vi. 58 The owner knew Tony had been a user and had told him to stay off the stuff or get another job.
1969 Guardian 3 Dec. 9/1 She was taking six grains of heroin a day... She had been a user for about six months.
1975 H. White Raincoast Chron. (1976) 144/2 There had always been users around in the shadowy back streets.
2006 D. Emmett & G. Nice Understanding Street Drugs ii. xv. 297 A good number of users addicted to illegal heroin will be looking to obtain a daily maintenance dose of legal methodone.
d. A person or organization who makes use of a computer or system.end, power user: see the first element.
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society > computing and information technology > [noun] > ability to use > user
user1950
computer user1955
cybernaut1973
1950 Science 112 732/1 Analog machines..are enthusiastically supported by their users.
1959 E. M. McCormick Digital Computer Primer x. 139 The number of instructions which can be executed by a computer represents a compromise between the designer's and user's requirements.
1973 C. W. Gear Introd. Computer Sci. iv. 151 The software makes it possible for a user to prepare procedures and have them executed by the computer with a minimum of effort.
1984 Which Micro? Dec. 8/1 Micro breakdown..drives users to despair.
2002 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 21 Feb. d3/1 When a user removes the SecuriKey, the computer locks down, showing a black screen until the key is replaced.
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society > trade and finance > financial dealings > moneylending > [noun] > one who lends money > at interest
ten tribes971
gavellerc1200
usurerc1290
Caorsin1303
collybistc1380
ockererc1390
fenerator1447
usuraryc1450
usurier1480
user1566
fulker1568
money-monger1571
moneylender1598
twenty in the hundred1602
Jew's trump1605
putter-outa1616
money-bawd1631
chevisancer1633
use-man1633
Lombardeer1645
money-banker1677
bummaree1738
mahajan1852
sixty per cent1853
gombeen-man1862
1566 T. Drant tr. Horace Medicinable Morall sig. Aviijv What soeuer cums by vsers skylle, To get, and gender more.
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society > law > administration of justice > process, writ, warrant, or order > [noun] > writ > one who puts writ in execution
user1576
1576 in Excheq. Rolls Scotl. (1899) XX. 504 David Fowlar,..usar of the said precept, declarit that he deliverit [it]..to John Kellie.
1609 J. Skene tr. Forme of Proces in Regiam Majestatem 122 The wreit or evident is declared to be fals:..And the vser thereof, is punished capitallie.
a1646 T. Hope Minor Practicks (1726) §169. 69 If the King..give a Letter of Regress;..when the Order of Redemption is used and declared, the User of the Redemption is immediately seased, upon the Sight of the Regress.
1722 W. Forbes Institutes I. iii. i. 207 Heretable Rights may be questioned by the Users of Horning, Inhibition, or Comprising.
1773 J. Erskine Inst. Law Scotl. II. ii. xii. §16 If the user of the diligence be in mora, ie if he hath taken no step for a considerable time to perfect his diligence, he is construed to have relinquished or abandoned it.
1798 Decisions Court of Session 1792–6 Index Appeal, two posterior arrestements, the one on a bill, and the other on a decree, the users of the two last found not entitled to a decree of preference.
1826 Decisions Court of Session 195 It was absolutely necessary that the user of the writ should condescend on persons who were present and saw it subscribed.
4. English regional. A useful or profitable animal. Frequently with modifying word. Now rare.
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the world > animals > domestic animal > [noun] > work animals
superintendent1575
user1828
worker1844
1828 W. Carr Dial. Craven (ed. 2) (at cited word) A cow is said to be a good user, when she yields abundance of milk, &c.
1900 Fenland Notes & Queries 4 180 User, a profitable animal. ‘That cow's a good user.’
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C1. General attributive.
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user agreement n.
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1914 Washington 10th Biennial Rep. State Board Health 16 In some states..co-operative or joint user agreements with other state departments or institutions materially increase total resources available for state health work.
1996 Library Q. 66 400 The community networks often protect themselves from liability by stating in their user agreements that they are not responsible for the accuracy of the information.
2010 San Francisco Chron. (Nexis) 19 Apr. d1 For most of these applications, there is a user agreement and a privacy policy that hardly anyone takes the time to read.
user benefit n.
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1950 Greeley (Colorado) Daily Tribune 27 Sept. 7/5 We favor the distribution of the burden for the maintenance and construction of the various highway systems..on the basis of user benefit.
2004 R. A. Abdulla in A. Singhal et al. Entertainment-Educ. & Social Change iii. xvi. 316 ORT has an obvious user benefit of saving children's lives.
user charge n.
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1945 Sun (Baltimore) 29 Sept. 3/2 John J. Pelley, president of the Association of American Railroads, urged..that ‘user charges’ be levied against highway, waterway and airway carriers.
2002 B. McPake et al. Health Econ. xxv. 237 User charges may be more acceptable to the majority of the population than general taxation increases.
user error n.
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1972 Sunday Times (Salisbury, Maryland) 5 Mar. b2/4 The number of appliance problems caused by user error, either through carelessness or ignorance, is high enough to warrant an attempt to do something about it through education.
1984 Music Educators Jrnl. 71 11/1 Any user would expect software to meet reasonable standards of consistency, ease of use, and recovery from user error.
2000 N.Y. Times 1 Aug. c11/2 Readers had downloaded a total of 227,000 copies, but some were lost to user error and had to be repeated.
user experience n.
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1925 Jrnl. Soc. Automotive Engineers June (Advertising section) 75/2 The user experience so far indicates that this new cord fabric..is another Goodyear triumph!
2006 Esquire Jan. 159 The HP Pavilion dv8000 notebook..ups the ante with multimedia features to create an amazing user experience.
user fee n.
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1950 Charleston (W. Virginia) Daily Mail 9 Feb. 17/1 Railways support..a user fee for use of public facilities.
2005 New Yorker 11 Apr. 76/1 Health care, primary schooling, and other services for the poor would be provided free of charge, reversing the recent trend toward user fees.
user feedback n.
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1961 ISA Jrnl. Mar. 60 (heading) Better measurements through user feedback.
1993 MIS Q. 17 249 The user feedback was used in quantifying the benefits of each application.
2009 Telegraph-Jrnl. (St. John, New Brunswick) (Nexis) 23 Feb. b1 Mynexia launched its full corporate website with many added features created from user feedback.
user forum n.
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1952 Electr. Rev. 5 Sept. 512/2 The final session of the symposium takes place to-day..under the chairmanship of Mr. A. J. Philpott, when there will be a ‘User Forum’ and a summing up.
2010 Computerworld (Nexis) 10 May You have to spend a lot of time looking at user forums and Googling for information when you run into problems.
user input n.
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1964 J. R. Bright Res., Devel. & Technol. Innovation iii. 440 If there is an order-of-magnitude improvement in some parameter such as speed, cost reduction, user input, etc., we probably have a potentially significant innovation.
1994 EXE (Nexis) 1 July 76 HTML can be extended to initiate a variety of actions, such as accepting user input and sending email.
2005 Jrnl. Coastal Res. 21 403/2 The kickoff workshop was carefully structured to ensure that the user input remained foremost.
user requirement n.
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1946 Canad. Jrnl. Res. A. 24 20 The photographic plane must be selected according to a criterion that satisfies the user requirement.
2009 Computer Weekly 6 Oct. 16/2 The service can support access to a data bucket—which can be stored in the US or Europe, depending on user requirements.
user review n.
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1944 SAE Jrnl. May 33/1 The procedure which the AISI proposes to follow in developing the bands for user review through the SAE.
2010 Calgary (Alberta) Herald (Nexis) 4 May d8 Sites such as Amazon, CNET and TripAdvisor derive much of their value from user reviews that highlight a computer's slow performance or the rockiest beaches in the Caribbean.
user right n.
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1872 Statutes Canada lxvi. 248 All the user rights and powers so acquired by the said lessors,..shall..pass to the said lessees.
1961 Times 16 Feb. 3 The land..has an existing user right as a builders' yard.
2006 Rev. Internat. Polit. Econ. 13 663 Traditional user rights of the local population such as firewood collecting and hunting have often been severely restricted by conservation and tourism interests.
user support n.
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1929 Industr. Engin. July 363/2 When signed acceptances have been received.., and satisfactory distributor and user support, the simplified practice recommendation will be published by the Bureau of Standards.
2010 TendersInfo (Nexis) 16 Mar. IBM..will offer services ranging from policy development through to procurement, configuration, user support, data security, [etc.].
user survey n.
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1930 Albuquerque (New Mexico) Jrnl. 9 Sept. 7/6 (advt.) Iron Fireman writes itself off the books in 30 months in fuel economies alone, a user survey shows.
2006 Jrnl. Operational Res. Soc. 57 1396/1 There is no evidence to suggest that the 92% satisfaction rate identified in the 1991 UK user survey..had diminished.
user testing n.
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1953 Humboldt (Eureka, Calif.) Standard 24 Mar. 5/5 Ford is rolling with a new model that has had more than a year of user testing and time for refinement.
2001 New Scientist 25 Aug. 65/2 (advt.) You will take responsibility for technical and user testing of electrosurgery devices.
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user-assigned adj.
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1967 N. S. M. Cox & M. W. Grose Organization Bibliogr. Rec. by Computer 84 The valves dcn, date, day, etc. are the user-assigned names for the bibliographic date fields.
2002 Computer Music Jrnl. 26 110 You can instead add multiple audio loops..and then toggle them on and off with...user-assigned keys of the computer or MIDI keyboard.
user-centred adj.
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1954 Summary Rep. (Amer. Library Assoc.) 38 University libraries should be student and user-centered rather than material-centered.
2010 Jrnl. (Newcastle) (Nexis) 22 Apr. The site places the customer at the heart of every single task and transaction by fully embracing industry leading user-centred design principles.
user-created adj.
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1964 Conf. Proc. (National Winter Convent. Military Electronics) 3 i. 34/1 Given the same program written in a user-created language, our new programmer is looking at statements whose specific form is new to him.
2006 C. Anderson Long Tail v. 67 It is the nature of user-created content to be as messy and uncertain at the microscale..as it is amazingly successful at the big-picture macroscale.
user-defined adj.
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society > computing and information technology > [adjective] > specified by user
user-defined1963
user-definable1971
1963 Jrnl. Royal Statist. Soc. Soc. C. 12 156 It [sc. a programme] incorporates F significance level for accepting variables as user defined parameter.
1984 Personal Software Winter 26/2 The program will allow you to have up to fifty user defined commands.
2002 Daily Tel. 20 Aug. 32/6 User-defined ‘hot keys’, where you can set a key or key combination to do a particular job.
user-driven adj.
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1969 Proc. AFIPS Spring Joint Computer Conf. 34 287/1 The act of mimicking dynamics is a (user-driven) dynamic picture.
1989 Jrnl. Operational Res. Soc. 40 327 User-driven project development should occur, as opposed to traditional user-participation.
2003 Mountain, Trek & Trav. Catal. (Ellis Brigham) Autumn–Winter 50 A clean, user-driven U.S. brand that understands the needs of the modern mountain activist.
user-generated adj.
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1963 Communications ACM 6 88/2 ‘Official’ documentation has a certain amount of difficulty to it, which is particularly apparent with user-generated languages such as IPL.
2009 New Yorker 12 Oct. 53/1 Most advertisers sought predictably ad-friendly settings, something that a site dominated by user-generated content could not guarantee.
user-owned adj.
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1949 Surv. Current Business May 17 (caption) The seasonally adjusted 1948 year-end annual rate of power production, including user-owned plants, was about 350 billion kilowatt-hours.
2010 Network World (Nexis) 7 Jan. The problem of user-owned equipment is especially acute in higher education.
user-supplied adj.
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1969 Computers & Humanities 3 130 It contains the ability to perform, inter alia, the following tasks:... Generate reports of extracted data according to user-supplied format.
2001 C. Locke Gonzo Marketing 13 Micromedia..will quickly become the best source of user-supplied news about products and services.
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user account n. an account established for a particular user; (Computing) the data, access details, settings, etc., specific to each individual user of a shared network, system, or program.
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1955 Nevada State Jrnl. 11 Nov. 13/1 Sales tax administrator Norman Clay..pointed out they [sc. taxes] would be increased following audits of seller and user accounts.
1974 Science 31 May 959/1 The particular data we have been studying are, for each user account, the terminal time and CPU time used.
2010 Computeractive (Nexis) 29 Apr. The Welcome screen appears and you may be prompted to log on to your user account.
user authentication n. Computing the validation of a user's identity or status, esp. by means of a username, password, etc.
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1969 Proc. AFIPS Fall Joint Computer Conf. 35 127/1 Once-only passwords is an easily implemented technique for user authentication, which has been advocated by others.
2010 Law & Health Weekly (Nexis) 20 Feb. 531 Its security layers encompass user authentication, data encryption and the ability to audit all transactions.
user cost n. Economics the cost incurred by using a fixed capital asset (e.g. a piece of equipment or machinery used in a production process), equivalent to the loss in the asset's value due to its use.
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society > trade and finance > management of money > expenditure > [noun] > expenses > other expenses
reparation1421
out-rent1475
farmage1650
tavernryc1650
travelling expenses1653
capital expenditure1834
capital outlay1834
travel expenses1839
capital cost1841
operating expenses1850
repair bill1858
carrying charge1879
capital spending1882
replacement cost1884
operating costs1901
carrying cost1904
user cost1922
support cost1953
1922 Econ. Jrnl. 32 152 Maintenance cost falls between capital cost and user cost, for maintenance is partly caused by, and partly independent of use.
1936 J. M. Keynes Gen. Theory Employment vi. 70 We have defined the user cost as the reduction in the value of the equipment due to using it as compared with not using it.
1969 D. C. Hague Managerial Econ. (1971) ii. v. 103 The cost of servicing and repairs is part of what economists call ‘user cost’, the cost of using the car (or any other asset) instead of leaving it idle.
2001 T. Ishikawa Income & Wealth iii. ii. 80 The idea of user cost was originally introduced to explain the depreciation in value of the capital equipment used in the production processes of firms.
user-definable adj. Computing and Electronics that can be defined or assigned a function by a user.
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society > computing and information technology > [adjective] > specified by user
user-defined1963
user-definable1971
1971 Science 20 Aug. 674/2 (advt.) The third [standard plug-in block] is completely user-definable.
1985 Personal Computer World Feb. 133/1 The number of user-definable characters that you can enter at the Model 4 Keyboard in this way is limited to 20.
2004 Computer Music (Beginners Special) Apr. 94 (table) The unit offers a stack of controllers, user-definable keys, and a load of presets that make it really great value.
user group n. (also users group) an organization or group of people focused on the use of a particular (in later use esp. computer-orientated) product, service, or technology.
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1959 Billboard 22 June 130/4 The only user group exempted in the 1909 Copyright Act.
1966 Physics: Surv. & Outlook (U.S. National Academy of Sci.) 60/2 The staff of an effective user group must have sufficient strength to assume responsibility for a research program.
1972 Accountant 26 Oct. 518/2 To satisfy the information needs of entrepreneurs, investors, and other outside user-groups is to guarantee a full and active future for the accountant.
1983 Lebende Sprachen 28 48/1 Language mediators represent one of the largest user groups of terminology.
1992 MacWorld June 86/3 The New York Macintosh Users Group is a large MUG with plenty of professional Macintosh users.
2005 B. A. Burd Eclipse for Dummies ii. vii. 124 I know what CORBA is because I hear about it occasionally at Java user group meetings.
user guide n. (also user's guide) a handbook containing instructions on how to use a device, piece of software, etc.; an instruction manual.
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society > communication > book > kind of book > textbook or book of instructions > [noun]
handbookOE
doctrinalc1450
directory1543
school1545
instruction book1546
companion1621
body1647
tutor1665
self-instructor1700
tutorer1702
preceptorc1710
textbook1779
self-instructer1800
bench book1887
user guide1936
user manual1936
text1955
1936 Chicago Tribune 29 Mar. v. 18/6 Pontiac's new ‘User's Guide’ for 1936 contains information regarding the standard shapes of road signs.
1979 W. J. Ainsworth (title) A practical user guide to maintaining microfilm longevity.
1995 NetGuide Sept. 72/1 The modem includes a user guide featuring good documentation that tells how to use initialization strings with 15 very popular programs.
user-hostile adj. Computing = user-unfriendly adj.
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the world > action or operation > difficulty > types of difficulty > [adjective] > difficult to use
user-unfriendly1981
user-hostile1982
society > computing and information technology > [adjective] > relating to user interface > easy to use > not
kludgy1970
unfriendly1981
user-unfriendly1981
user-hostile1982
1982 InfoWorld 19 Apr. 72/3 Adjust our keyboard to be user-affable, user-good-humored, user-benign, user-chummy, and yes, even user-hostile.
1996 Web Developer Nov. A28/1 The highly customizable OS..is often perceived as the most user-hostile operating system in computing.
2009 Age (Melbourne) (Nexis) 17 Sept. 26 The scanner software was the most user-hostile program we had ever seen.
user ID n. (also user id, userid) Computing = username n.; cf. ID n.4
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1969 R. D. Logcher in E. Sevin Computational Approaches in Appl. Mech. 13 The author was also logged into the system, under the user id goodman.
1981 D. L. Ryan Computer-aided Kinetics for Machine Design viii. 194 Enter userid.
2005 Sci. Amer. (U.K. ed.) Oct. 75/1 If malicious people can easily eavesdrop on others' transmissions, they can readily ‘snoop’ a user ID and password and thereby gain access to the network.
user interface n. Computing a means by which a user interacts with a computer, typically in the form of graphics or text on a screen which are manipulated using a mouse, keyboard, or other input device.graphical user interface: see the first element.
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society > computing and information technology > [noun] > user interface
user interface1967
command line1971
graphic user interface1981
CLI1982
command line interface1983
WIMP1984
UI1990
1967 Proc. 22nd National Conf. Assoc. Computing Machinery 174/1 (heading) User interface computer.
1983 Byte Feb. 36/1 The company's first task was to devise a new user interface—that is, a new and better way for humans to interact with the computer.
1998 Wired Aug. 171/2 You don't want the same user interface on a small device as on a desktop.
user log-in n. Computing the function which enables a user to log in to a computer or computer system by means of a unique password or code; such a password or code.
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1981 F. Baker in H. F. O'Neil Computer-based Instr. ii. 45 User log in and authorization: When a terminal is activated, the mmc verifies that the terminal and its user are authorized to perform the functions requested.
1999 Courier Freshers Guide 16/2 All you need to do is remember your password and user login (three letters followed by a number, for example abc9).
2010 Pensito Rev. (Nexis) 19 Feb. Only an accredited Mormon with a special user log-in can access this information online.
user manual n. (also user's manual) = user guide n.
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society > communication > book > kind of book > textbook or book of instructions > [noun]
handbookOE
doctrinalc1450
directory1543
school1545
instruction book1546
companion1621
body1647
tutor1665
self-instructor1700
tutorer1702
preceptorc1710
textbook1779
self-instructer1800
bench book1887
user guide1936
user manual1936
text1955
1936 Albuquerque (New Mexico) Jrnl. 24 May 10/3 (advt.) Free! Users manual.
1979 Business Week (Nexis) 12 Feb. 72 The user manual warned not to cut wet grass, but he did it anyway and his foot slipped.
2006 Cosmopolitan (U.K. ed.) Aug. 243/4 Pack your glovebox along with your suitcase so you don't forget the essentials, like maps, user's manual and rescue-service cards.
username n. Computing a unique name or set of characters by which each user of a shared network, system, or program is identified, used (frequently in conjunction with a password) to log in.
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1971 A. Bhushan Request for Comments (Network Working Group) (Electronic text) No. 172. 7 Username and password identifiers contain the respective identifying information. Normally, the information will be supplied by the user of the file transfer service.
1997 J. Seabrook Deeper v. 149 By typing ‘bio’ and then the username, you could find out the user's real name.
2007 Wall St. Jrnl. 11 Dec. r4/2 One common form of malware is a key logger, which captures the usernames and passwords that an unsuspecting computer user types, and then sends these to a hacker.
user-orientated adj. chiefly Computing designed with the needs of a user in mind; user-friendly.
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society > computing and information technology > [adjective] > relating to user interface > easy to use
user-oriented1957
friendly1966
user-orientated1967
user-friendly1972
1967 Jrnl. Royal Statist. Soc. D. 17 67 People have a real need to know enough about computers and such user-orientated languages as Algol or Fortran.
1978 Hi-Fi News Sept. 218 (advt.) There's a low distortion equaliser, tape duplication switch..plus a host of user-orientated features.
2007 N.Z. Herald (Nexis) 10 Sept. The pair learned a great deal about so-called user-orientated design at Apple.
user-oriented adj. chiefly Computing = user-orientated adj.
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society > computing and information technology > [adjective] > relating to user interface > easy to use
user-oriented1957
friendly1966
user-orientated1967
user-friendly1972
1957 Managem. Sci. 3 208 The user-oriented point of view is emphasized.
1979 Dictionaries 1 110 User-oriented service programs..could put the student in immediate contact with a wealth of lexicographic information.
2007 Guardian (Nexis) 29 Oct. 10 As a user-oriented site the design defeats the object—enabling visitors to find and read relevant information quickly.
user password n. Computing a password by which a user can gain access to a particular computer, network, file, function, etc. (frequently in conjunction with a username); cf. password n. 1b.
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1969 Proc. AFIPS Fall Joint Computer Conf. 35 127/1 Each successful login throws away the user password.
2010 Times Higher Educ. Suppl. (Nexis) 13 May 36 Most US university libraries don't operate closed networks with user passwords, but allow instant internet access to all.
user-processing n. Photography processing of a film by the photographer who used it, as opposed to by a laboratory.
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1951 Brit. Jrnl. Photogr. Almanac 357 Since Ektachrome film is intended for user processing, the sale price does not include this service.
1963 Science 5 July 9 (advt.) Kodak Ektachrome-X Film..offers practical possibility for user-processing.
2000 M. Langford Basic Photogr. (ed. 7) iv. 70 PS film cameras are quick and conveniently automatic to use, but not geared to user-processing or large prints.
user profile n. (a) a collection of information or data about the habits, preferences, etc., of a user, esp. of a product or service; (b) Computing the unique configurations, preferences, settings, etc., set up for or by a computer user, esp. as stored on a server and accessible via various network computers.
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1962 Digest Techn. Papers ACM National Conf. 38/1 The user profile contains from 50 to 75 descriptive words.
1994 WinNews 8 Sept. User profiles can also be stored on the network and automatically synched with the local profile at login time.
2001 S. Sulzmaier Consumer-oriented Business Design vi. 121 The user profile displayed in figure 19 represents a part of the information gained by the qualitative interview.
2010 Health Business Blog (Nexis) 26 Apr. You will be able to use the same technology with the same user profiles and the same quality of recognition.
user-programmable adj. Computing and Electronics that can be programmed or assigned a function by a user.
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society > computing and information technology > programming language > program or code > [adjective]
programmable1953
programmed1953
user-programmable1975
1975 Science 23 May 771/1 (advt.) Many of the user-programmable functions of our HP-65.
1983 What's New in Computing Jan. 60/1 The full alphanumeric and function key keypad..includes..eight user-programmable keys.
2004 Future Music May 36/2 The Emulator X also includes a number of user-programmable morphing filters.
user-unfriendliness n. chiefly Computing the quality of being user-unfriendly.
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the world > action or operation > difficulty > types of difficulty > [noun] > quality of being difficult to use
user-unfriendliness1982
society > computing and information technology > [noun] > user interface > ease of use > absence of
user-unfriendliness1982
1982 InfoWorld 17 May 29/2 I have used uMath, fortran, Disk Macro Assembler and basic compiler from Microsoft, and have found some user ‘unfriendliness’.
1989 Car & Driver Oct. 116/2 It's yet another unit that suffers from user-unfriendliness.
2007 Scotsman (Nexis) 4 Aug. 10 The fundamental user-unfriendliness of the computer.
user-unfriendly adj. chiefly Computing not user-friendly; difficult to use.
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the world > action or operation > difficulty > types of difficulty > [adjective] > difficult to use
user-unfriendly1981
user-hostile1982
society > computing and information technology > [adjective] > relating to user interface > easy to use > not
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unfriendly1981
user-unfriendly1981
user-hostile1982
1981 Economist 16 May 55/1 The winners will be those whose machines do not bristle with difficulty and are ‘user-friendly’. Prestel, with its numerical codes, is, in the view of many, ‘user-unfriendly’.
1994 .net Dec. 33/1 The Net, in general, is user-unfriendly.
2001 F. Popcorn & A. Hanft Dict. Future 163 Technology that is too complex and appallingly user-unfriendly appears on the market.
Derivatives
ˈusership n. (a) the fact or condition of being a user; (b) the people who use a product, service, etc., considered collectively; the number of such users.
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the world > action or operation > advantage > usefulness > use (made of things) > [noun] > one who uses > condition of being or users collectively
usership1880
1880 Contemp. Rev. July 110 The amount of the tax is graduated to meet the special occasion and the conditions of ownership and usership.
1951 N.Y. Times 16 July 29 (advt.) Both usership and brand awareness fall off in a sharp, regular descent as age increases.
1957 Inside ACD X. i. 3/1 A trade magazine, Steel, now claims to have more than readership; it has usership (‘what happens when exciting, stimulating information and ideas are delivered to men who will do something about them’).
1982 N.Y. Times 3 Feb. d6/6 I can foresee a general trend away from ownership to usership. People are finding that too much of their disposable income is being tied up in the cost of owning things.
2008 Spectator (Nexis) 3 May 22 Another major web company..says that it has a registered usership of 1.32 million people.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2011; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
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/ˈjuːzə/, U.S. /ˈjuzər/ Law.
Continued use, exercise, or employment of a right, property, practice, etc.; presumptive right arising from such use. Also in figurative context.
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society > law > legal right > [noun] > right arising from use
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short prescription1838
a1616 C. Calthrope Relation Lord of Mannor & Coppy-holder (1635) 24 User is, when according to time and occasion a Custome is used.
1835 C. Crompton et al. Rep. Cases I. 418 (margin) No right having been acquired by user or length of possession.
1858 Ld. St. Leonards Handy Bk. Prop. Law xxv. 191 That there should be an user proved every year during the period.
1875 R. D. Blackmore Alice Lorraine II. xvi. 207 A crust of mud, as if some underground duct were anxious to maintain user of its right of way.
1888 Pall Mall Gaz. 29 Feb. 1/1 An open space in which the public has an uninterrupted right of user for purposes of public meeting.
1897 Westm. Gaz. 16 June 4/2 In which [judgement] there was only one slight reference to the user question.
1924 Michigan Law Rev. 22 523 The term..refers to the existence of..limits as to make it possible to measure off the extent of the user permitted. Its use doubtless arose in connection with the old writ of admeasurement.
1998 L. N. Brown & J. S. Bell French Admin. Law (ed. 5) viii. iii. 179 These are minor crimes relating to..those parts of the public property over which the public have a right of user.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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