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1. (n.) avatar
an incarnation of a Hindu god.
2. avatar
an embodiment or personification, as of a principle, attitude, or view of life.
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| Definition of 'AVATAR' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) embodiment, incarnation, avatar
a new personification of a familiar idea
"the embodiment of hope"; "the incarnation of evil"; "the very avatar of cunning"
2. (noun) avatar
the manifestation of a Hindu deity (especially Vishnu) in human or superhuman or animal form
"the Buddha is considered an avatar of the god Vishnu"
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| Definition of 'AVATAR' |
Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) AVATAR
the descent of a deity to earth, and his incarnation as a man or an animal; -- chiefly associated with the incarnations of Vishnu
2. (noun) AVATAR
incarnation; manifestation as an object of worship or admiration
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The New Hacker's Dictionary |
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1. AVATAR
[in Hindu mythology, the incarnation of a god] 1. Among people working on virtual reality and
cyberspace interfaces, an avatar is an icon or representation of a user
in a shared virtual reality. The term is sometimes used on
MUDs. 2. [CMU, Tektronix] root,
superuser. There are quite a few Unix machines on
which the name of the superuser account is ‘avatar’ rather than
‘root’. This quirk was originated by a CMU hacker who found
the terms root and superuser unimaginative, and thought
‘avatar’ might better impress people with the responsibility
they were accepting.
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