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 USER n. A programmer who will believe anything you tell him. One who
       asks questions. Identified at MIT with "loser" by the
       spelling "luser". See REAL USER. [Note by GLS: I don't agree
       with RF's definition at all. Basically, there are two classes of
       people who work with a program: there are implementors (hackers) and
       users (losers). The users are looked down on by hackers to a mild
       degree because they don't understand the full ramifications of the
       system in all its glory. (A few users who do are known as real
       winners.) It is true that users ask questions (of necessity). Very
       often they are annoying or downright stupid.]