ROOT


Meaning of ROOT in English

1. < operating system > The Unix superuser account (with user name "root" and user ID 0) that overrides file permissions. The term avatar is also used. By extension, the privileged system-maintenance login on any operating system .

See root mode , go root , wheel .

[ Jargon File ]

(1994-10-27)

2. < operating system > root directory .

(1996-11-21)

3. root node .

(1998-11-14)

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