Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A sequence of characters, different from a password, that is used as identification and is required when logging on to a multiuser computer system, LAN, bulletin board system, or online service.

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  • noun computing A person's identification on an individual computer system.

Etymologies

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user +‎ name

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Examples

  • "SELECT id FROM members WHERE username = '$username' LIMIT 1"

    CodingForums.com DouboC 2010

  • You can type a direct message into the "What's happening?" box on your homepage, however this time instead of starting the message with "@username" like you do for a reply, you can instead remove the @ sign and replace it with the letter d (for direct) and a space, for example "d username."

    Vail Daily - Top Stories Jessie Williams Tech Bytes Vail 2010

  • You can type a direct message into the "What's happening?" box on your homepage, however this time instead of starting the message with "@username" like you do for a reply, you can instead remove the @ sign and replace it with the letter d (for direct) and a space, for example "d username."

    Vail Daily - Top Stories Jessie Williams Tech Bytes Vail 2010

  • You can type a direct message into the "What's happening?" box on your homepage, however this time instead of starting the message with "@username" like you do for a reply, you can instead remove the @ sign and replace it with the letter d (for direct) and a space, for example "d username."

    Vail Daily - Top Stories Jessie Williams Tech Bytes Vail 2010

  • You can type a direct message into the "What's happening?" box on your homepage, however this time instead of starting the message with "@username" like you do for a reply, you can instead remove the @ sign and replace it with the letter d (for direct) and a space, for example "d username."

    Vail Daily - Top Stories Jessie Williams Tech Bytes Vail 2010

  • If you have any problems with the registration process or your account login, please hi dudes, I have a php interface contains: enter username: enter password: and I want to save (append) $username

    LinuxQuestions.org 2009

  • Download the source code, open twitter_status. php, change $username and $password with your Twitter username and password and upload the file in your test server.

    doggdot.us 2009

  • I could read and delete them. username = "mlxxx@vabb. upn"; password = "xyzpdq"; sleep 2 echo USER $username sleep 1 echo PASS $password sleep 2 echo STAT sleep 1 echo QUIT

    LinuxQuestions.org ml41782 2009

  • Can I do something like the following: if exists (Select * users where username = @username) that would probably be better off as a scalar function, not an SP.

    ASP.NET Forums sahajMarg 2009

  • Still its not working. the match dimension query is not recogizing the "where" condition. i have writen as follows hi, the dimension (in SSAS) is not accepting Select matchid, matchname, username from match where username = (@username) this format of query.

    ASP.NET Forums 2009

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  • Maybe it's that someone drawn to Wordie would naturally care more, or maybe it's that this is the first time that I've ever paid attention... but there are some great ones on this site. The general quality strikes me as far higher than typical.

    November 2, 2007

  • John, jennarenn and chained_bear (and maybe a few other Wordies) have been "collecting" great Wordie usernames. See fabulous usernames and Best Wordie User Names. :-)

    November 3, 2007

  • awesome -- thanks r!

    November 3, 2007