real user

from Jargon File (4.4.4, 14 Aug 2003)

real user
 n.

   1. A commercial user. One who is paying real money for his computer
   usage.

   2. A non-hacker. Someone using the system for an explicit purpose (a
   research project, a course, etc.) other than pure exploration. See
   {user}. Hackers who are also students may also be real users. "I need
   this fixed so I can do a problem set. I'm not complaining out of
   randomness, but as a real user." See also {luser}.

from The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (8 July 2008)

real user

   1. A commercial user.  One who is paying *real* money for his
   computer usage.

   2. A non-hacker.  Someone using the system for an explicit
   purpose (a research project, a course, etc.)  other than pure
   exploration.  See {user}.  Hackers who are also students may
   also be real users.  "I need this fixed so I can do a problem
   set.  I'm not complaining out of randomness, but as a real
   user."  See also {luser}.

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