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user
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n. Someone who uses a computer system. Within the conventional
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client/server paradigm there are two classes of people: those who
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administrate the system and those who use it.
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The term user is very conventional, going back to the early days
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of time-sharing mainframes, but may be controversial in some contexts
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due to having other negative associations, such as "drug user" or
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someone who exploits other people for cynical and self-serving reasons,
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as in "he was just a user". A possible alternative to user is
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"member".
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