Meanings
- not comparableWithout users.
Sophisticated userless computers operate security systems, navigation systems, communications systems, and many others.
2004, Peter Norton, Peter Norton's Introduction to Computers2 more examples
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 securityThis 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
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