avatar

avatar n. Syn.  [CMU, Tektronix] {root}, {superuser}.
   There are quite a few UNIX machines on which the name of the
   superuser account is `avatar' rather than `root'.  This quirk
   was originated by a CMU hacker who disliked the term
   `superuser', and was propagated through an ex-CMU hacker at
   Tektronix.



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