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| account |
Sometimes when you want to do something on your computer on the internet, the website asks you to make an account. You do this by choosing a name for yourself and a password. The name you choose is called your "user name." When you make an account, the website remembers who you are every time you go to it and put in your user name and your password. [1/5 definitions] |
| folder |
on a computer, something that serves the purpose of organizing and holding documents for the user, symbolized by an icon that looks like a paper folder. [1/3 definitions] |
| icon |
on a phone or computer display, a small drawing that is used as a symbol. Clicking on the symbol requests a certain action from the computer, such as opening a file, taking a user to a location, or playing an audio. [1/3 definitions] |
| shareware |
software that is delivered free of charge by its author. The user is asked to pay a small fee to the author if he or she continues to use the software. |
| subscribe |
If you subscribe to something like a website or magazine, you become a member or special user of it. You often pay a fee to join. If you pay a fee, you get privileges that people who are not subscribed do not get. |
| user |
A user is a person who uses something, especially in a repeated way. A library user, for example, is a person who goes to the library a lot and takes out books. A user of an elevator is a person who often takes the elevator to go up or down in a building. [2 definitions] |
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