superuser

See also: super-user

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *úp

Proto-Indo-European *-er

Proto-Indo-European *upér

Proto-Italic *super

Latin super

Latin super-lbor.

English super-

English user

English superuser

From super- + user.

Pronunciation

• Audio (UK):

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• Rhymes: -uːzə(ɹ)

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

• sudo
• 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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