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  • The superuser account (with user name `root') that ignores permission bits, user number 0 on a UNIX system. The term avatar is also used.
  • The top node of the system directory structure (home directory of the root user). 3. By extension, the privileged system-maintenance login on any OS. See root mode, go root, see also wheel.