screen name

created by Jhrulith
(thing) by Jhrulith (8.5 y) (print)   (I like it!) Sat Nov 13 1999 at 9:45:11
a name or pseudonym (in the greater sense, a screen name is a cyber-pseudonym) generally used by users of net applications to identify themselves through proxy
(idea) by Jargon (2.1 y) (print)   (I like it!) Thu Jul 19 2001 at 15:28:34
screen = S = screen scraping

screen name n.

A handle sense 1. This term has been common among users of IRC, MUDs, and commercial on-line services since the mid-1990s. Hackers recognize the term but don't generally use it.

--The Jargon File version 4.3.1, ed. ESR, autonoded by rescdsk.

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