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2014-04-26 11:54:15 -04:00
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n. [in Hindu mythology, the incarnation of a god] 1. Among people working on
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virtual reality and cyberspace interfaces, an avatar is an icon or
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representation of a user in a shared virtual reality. The term is sometimes
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used on MUD s. 2. [CMU, Tektronix] root , superuser. There are quite a few
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Unix machines on which the name of the superuser account is avatar rather
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than root. This quirk was originated by a CMU hacker who found the terms
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root and superuser unimaginative, and thought avatar might better impress
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people with the responsibility they were accepting.
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