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• peon n. A person with no special (root or wheel) privileges on a computer system.
  I can't create an account on foovax for you; I'm only a peon there....
• wizard mode: [from {rogue}] n. A special access mode of a program or system, usually passworded, that permits some users godlike privileges.
  Generally not used for operating systems themselves (`root mode' or `wheel mode' would be used instead)....
• 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)....
• uperuser: [UNIX] n. Syn. {root}, {avatar}. This usage has spread to non-UNIX environme
  he superuser is any account with all {wheel} bits on....
• crack root: v. To defeat the security system of a UNIX machine and gain {root} privileges thereby
  ee {cracking}. -- The AI Hackers Dictionary...
• 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....
• wheel bit: n. A privilege bit that allows the possessor to perform some restricted operation on a timesharing system
  uch as read or write any file on the system regardless of protections, change or look at any address in the running monitor, crash or reload the system, and kill or create jobs and user accounts....
• wheel n. [from slang `big wheel' for a powerful person] A person who has an active wheel bit.
  We need to find a wheel to unwedge the hung tape drives....
• SCSI: [Small Computer System Interface] n. A bus-independent standard for system-level interfacing between a computer and intelligent devices.
  Typically annotated in literature with `sexy' (/sek'see/), `sissy' (/sis'ee/), and `scuzzy' (/skuh'zee/) as pronunciation guides --- the last being the overwhelmingly predominant form, much to the dismay of the designers and their marketing people....