superuser

See also: super-user

English

Etymology

From super- +‎ user.

Pronunciation

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Noun

superuser (plural superusers)

1. (computing) A user with complete access to the operating system and its configuration.

Synonyms

• admin
• administrator
• god (slang; male)
• goddess (slang; female)
• op
• operator
• root
• su
• sysadmin
• sysop
• wheel

Hypernyms

• user

Hyponyms

• BOFH

Derived terms

• sudoer

Translations

user with complete access to an operating system

Chinese: Mandarin: 超級用戶 / 超级用户 (chāojí yònghù) Esperanto: ĉefuzanto Estonian: peakasutaja Finnish: pääkäyttäjä (fi) French: super-utilisateur m, administrateur (fr) m, root (fr) m

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