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user name

user name is the alternative form of username.

Meaning of username

Noun

username (plural usernames)

  1. A name or string of characters used as a person's identification on an individual computer system.
    • His username and password on his Apple PC is VolvestarcXXX.

Forms of user name

pluraluser names

Questions about user name

What is user name the alternative form of?
User name is the alternative form of username.

Words near user name in the dictionary

  1. user guides
  2. user ID
  3. user IDs
  4. user interface
  5. user interfaces
  6. user name
  7. user names
  8. user page
  9. user pages
  10. user plane
  11. user stories

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Adapted from Wiktionary: user name (page history and authors); username (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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