user
a.k.a. users -or- visitors
A term that defines the online audience, it also refers to anyone who uses a computer. The term "users" rubs some people the wrong way because, in the past, if you said you were a user, it meant you were habitually consuming an illicit drug. Nowadays, a user is a person who is online. It comes from techies, who refer to people as "computer users."
Historical reference: As of 2007, the word "users" is not yet in the American Heritage Dictionary, but the word "user-friendly" made it; perhaps that is because we are the first group of people ever to be online users ;-)
NetLingo Classification: Online Jargon
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