avatar n. Syn.
[in Hindu mythology, the incarnation of
a god] 1. Among people working on virtual reality and
cyberspace interfaces, an avatar is an icon or
representation of a user in a shared virtual reality. The term is
sometimes used on MUDs. 2. [CMU, Tektronix] root,
superuser. There are quite a few Unix machines on which the
name of the superuser account is `avatar' rather than `root'.
This quirk was originated by a CMU hacker who found the terms
`root' and `superuser' unimaginative, and thought `avatar'
might better impress people with the responsibility they were
accepting.
[in Hindu mythology, the incarnation of
a god] 1. Among people working on virtual reality and
cyberspace interfaces, an avatar is an icon or
representation of a user in a shared virtual reality. The term is
sometimes used on MUDs. 2. [CMU, Tektronix] root,
superuser. There are quite a few Unix machines on which the
name of the superuser account is `avatar' rather than `root'.
This quirk was originated by a CMU hacker who found the terms
`root' and `superuser' unimaginative, and thought `avatar'
might better impress people with the responsibility they were
accepting.
Related:
- avatar: [CMU, Tektronix] n. Syn. {root}, {superuser}.
There are quite a few UNIX machines on which the... - superuser n.
[Unix] Syn. root, avatar. This usage has
spread to non-Unix environments;
the superuser is any account with all wheel bits... - superuser: [UNIX] n. Syn. {root}, {avatar}. This usage has
spread to non-UNIX environments;
the superuser is any account with all {wheel} bits... - root n.
[Unix] 1. The superuser account (with user
name `root') that ignores permission bits,
user number 0 on a Unix system. The term avatar... - root: [UNIX] n. 1. The {superuser} account (with user name
`root') that ignores permission bits,
user number 0 on a UNIX system. The term {avatar}... - toor n.
The Bourne-Again Super-user. An alternate account
with UID of 0,
created on Unix machines where the root user has an... - virtual reality n.
1. Computer simulations that use 3-D
graphics and devices such as the Dataglove to allow the user to
interact with the simulation.
See cyberspace. 2. A form of network interaction... - virtual reality: n. 1. Computer simulations that use 3-D graphics
and devices such as the Dataglove to allow the user to interact
with the simulation.
See {cyberspace}. 2. A form of network interaction... - superloser n.
[Unix] A superuser with no clue - someone
with root privileges on a Unix system and no idea what he/she is
doing,
the moral equivalent of a three-year-old with an unsafetied...
From the same category:
- Random Number God
[rec.games.roguelike.angband; often
abbreviated `RNG'] The malign force which lurks behind the random
number generator in Angband (and by extension elsewhere).
A dark ... - DEADBEEF /ded-beef/ n.
The hexadecimal word-fill pattern
for freshly allocated memory (decimal -21524111) under a number of
IBM environments,
including the RS/6000. Some modern debugging... - voice vt.
To phone someone, as opposed to emailing them or
connecting in talk mode.
"I'm busy now; I'll voice you later... - nuke /n[y]ook/ vt.
[common] 1. To intentionally
delete the entire contents of a given directory or storage volume.
"On Unix, rm -r /usr will nuke everything in the usr... - sufficiently small adj.
Syn.
suitably small...
