USERNAME

Etymology

Noun

username (plural usernames)

(computing) A person's identification on an individual computer system.

Synonyms: access, access code, credential, handle, identity, login name, user account, user ID

Coordinate term: password

Hypernym: name

Source: Wiktionary



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Word of the Day

31 March 2025

IMPROVISED

(adjective) done or made using whatever is available; “crossed the river on improvised bridges”; “the survivors used jury-rigged fishing gear”; “the rock served as a makeshift hammer”


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Coffee Trivia

The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.

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