root
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. <data> root node.
(1998-11-14)
Nearby terms:
room « ROOM Methodology « room-temperature IQ « root
» root bridge » root directory » root mode
