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userless

userless adjective: without users.

Adjective

userless (not comparable)

  1. Without users.
    • Note that this structure will allow userless or terminal-less processes, userless terminals, etc., leaving to the table entries and computing algorithms the matter of enforcing a given access control policy.1978, Gerald D. Cole, Design alternatives for computer network security
    • Sophisticated userless computers operate security systems, navigation systems, communications systems, and many others.2004, Peter Norton, Peter Norton's Introduction to Computers

Origin of userless

From user + -less.

Questions about userless

What does userless mean?
Userless means without users.
What part of speech is userless?
Userless is an adjective.

Words near userless in the dictionary

  1. userfriendly
  2. usergroup
  3. usergroups
  4. userhood
  5. userland
  6. userless
  7. userlist
  8. userlists
  9. usermode
  10. username
  11. usernamed

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