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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>real user</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="../../jargon.css" type="text/css"/><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.61.0"/><link rel="home" href="../index.html" title="The Jargon File"/><link rel="up" href="../R.html" title="R"/><link rel="previous" href="real-time.html" title="real time"/><link rel="next" href="Real-World.html" title="Real World"/></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">real user</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="real-time.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">R</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="Real-World.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><dt><a id="real-user"/><dt xmlns="" id="real-user"><b>real user</b>: <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="grammar">n.</span></dt></dt><dd><p> 1. A commercial user. One who is paying <span class="emphasis"><em>real</em></span>
money for his computer usage. </p></dd><dd><p> 2. A non-hacker. Someone using the system for an explicit purpose
(a research project, a course, etc.) other than pure exploration. See
<a href="../U/user.html"><i class="glossterm">user</i></a>. Hackers who are also students may also be
real users. &#8220;<span class="quote">I need this fixed so I can do a problem set. I'm not
complaining out of randomness, but as a real user.</span>&#8221; See also
<a href="../L/luser.html"><i class="glossterm">luser</i></a>.</p></dd><div class="navfooter"><hr/><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="real-time.html">Prev</a> </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="../R.html">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="Real-World.html">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">real time </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="../index.html">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> Real World</td></tr></table></div></body></html>