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• avatar: [CMU, Tektronix] n. Syn. {root}, {superuser}.
  There are quite a few UNIX machines on which the name of the superuser account is `avatar' rather than `root'....
• crack root v. [very common] To defeat the security system of a Unix machine and gain root privileges thereby
  ee cracking....
• wizard: n. 1. A person who knows how a complex piece of software or hardware works (that is, who {grok}s it)
  esp. someone who can find and fix bugs quickly in an emergency....
• oot n. [Unix] 1. The superuser account (with user name `root') that ignores permission bits, user number 0 on a Unix system.
  The term avatar is also used. 2. The top node of the system directory structure...
• uperuser: [UNIX] n. Syn. {root}, {avatar}. This usage has spread to non-UNIX environme
  he superuser is any account with all {wheel} bits on....
• uperuser n. [Unix] Syn. root, avatar. This usage has spread to non-Unix environme
  he superuser is any account with all wheel bits on. A more specific term than wheel....
• oot: [UNIX] n. 1. The {superuser} account (with user name `root') that ignores permission bits, user number 0 on a UNIX system.
  The term {avatar} is also used. 2. The top node of the system directory structure (home directory of the root user)....
• avatar n. Syn. [in Hindu mythology, the incarnation of a god] 1.
  Among people working on virtual reality and cyberspace interfaces, an avatar is an icon or representation of a user in a shared virtual reality....
• crack root: v. To defeat the security system of a UNIX machine and gain {root} privileges thereby
  ee {cracking}. -- The AI Hackers Dictionary...