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userless en · ADJ

Etymology

From user + -less.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) Without users.
    • Sophisticated userless computers operate security systems, navigation systems, communications systems, and many others. 2004, Peter Norton, Peter Norton's Introduction to Computers:
    • 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:
    • This prevents userless microposts from being stranded in the database when admins choose to remove users from the system. 2013, Michael Hartl, Ruby on Rails Tutorial: Learn Web Development with Rails, page 443: