A person who logs into a network or service that does not have a user account. Guests are given a default set of privileges until they officially register with the service. See guest account, guest privileges and user account. See also guest operating system.
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- Discussion threads 2009-11-05
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- Blog posts 2009-11-02
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- Blog posts 2009-11-02
- VirtualBox update fixes Windows 7 bugs
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- News items 2009-11-02
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- Discussion threads 2009-10-29
- Ubuntu 9.10 advances Canonical's cloud, enterprise goals
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- Blog posts 2009-10-29
- Opera USB 10.01 (Windows)
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- Software downloads 2009-10-29
- Apple Airport Extreme Base Station (Winter 2009)
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- Discussion threads 2009-10-28
- VirtualBox 3.0.10 (Mac)
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- Software downloads 2009-10-28
- Rohos Mini Drive 1.7 (Windows)
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- Software downloads 2009-10-22
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- Discussion threads 2009-10-20
- Swift Share 1.1.2 (Mac)
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- Software downloads 2009-10-20
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- Discussion threads 2009-10-19
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- Blog posts 2009-10-14
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- Discussion threads 2009-10-14
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- Webcasts 2009-10-14
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- Software downloads 2009-10-14
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- Discussion threads 2009-10-13
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- Blog posts 2009-10-13
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- Discussion threads 2009-10-13
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