what is the meaning of username?
2006-09-24 01:00:35 · 6 answers · asked by Melvin M 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Other - Computers
Nick name I've had since I was playing in the school yard.
2006-09-24 01:02:36 · answer #1 · answered by Texan 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
A user in computing context is one who uses a computer system. Users may need to identify themselves for the purposes of accounting, security, logging and resource management. In order to identify oneself, a user has an account (a user account) and a username, and in most cases also a password (see below). Users employ the user interface to access systems, and the process of identification is often referred to as log in.
An account is identified by a username (also referred to as a login name or as logon) and commonly a password.
A username is a unique name for each user (or sometimes a class of users such as 'Guest'). Usernames are usually based on a short string of alphanumeric characters. Depending on the policies of the particular service, the name may be chosen by the user or assigned by a system administrator.
Common choices are first name, initials, or some combination of first name, last name, initials and an arbitrary number. Sometimes the system dictates certain aspects in the choice of username. For example, the software requirements of wikis that use CamelCase mean that a username on those wikis must have two capitalized words joined without spaces (e.g. UserName; this is sometimes called a WikiName).
For security reasons, some systems require that a username contain digits and/or symbols (rather than only consisting of letters), although this requirement is more commonly associated with passwords.
Passwords are covered in a separate article.
Usernames are often also used as mailbox names in electronic mail addresses
2006-09-24 08:03:56 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
An username is the name of you as a user of a computer. It can be your real name or a nickname for your YM, AIM, here at YM, and elsewhere.
2006-09-24 08:08:20 · answer #3 · answered by Kristen H 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
On this site, yours is Melvin M. In general, it is a name you make up to be identified on a website
On this site, mine is Robert H, for yahoo it is rbch1944,and for most others, it is my full email address. Hope this helps. My problem is I forget which name I use where.
2006-09-24 17:29:32 · answer #4 · answered by bob h 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well my Username is
NutstersChick.
On here it's the name I go by.
A USERNAME.
2006-09-24 08:02:38 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
a name to log in with
2006-09-24 08:08:08 · answer #6 · answered by Carefree? Noway! I wish! 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋