legitimate user

collocation in English

meaningsoflegitimateanduser

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legitimate
adjective
uk
/ləˈdʒɪt.ə.mət/us
/ləˈdʒɪt̬.ə.mət/
allowed ...
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user
noun[C]
uk
/ˈjuː.zər/us
/ˈjuː.zɚ/
someone who uses a product, machine, ...
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(Definition oflegitimateanduserfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesoflegitimate user

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Although such an approach provides an effective means of securing the service and protecting any personal user information, it can be a frustrating experience for thelegitimateuser.
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They take them away from theirlegitimateuserand devote them entirely to the needs of war.
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That prevents the authority, the landowner or anylegitimateuserof the countryside from taking action necessary to deal with an immediate problem.
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When a doctor prescribes it to alegitimateuser, it will be on the basis of one capsule, or jelly, per day.
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Often thelegitimateuserwill hold the door for the intruder.
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A hacker can send a fax or email to alegitimateuser, seeking a response that contains vital information.
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If an unauthorised user is found to be using the software, thelegitimateusercan be identified from the code.
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It launches a security satellite which, when it intersects with the player's position, questions him for information which supposedly only alegitimateuserwould know.
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In this case, the person placing the malicious code need not crack the passwords to the organizational network, thelegitimateuserhas provided access via a normal and routine log-in.
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Another attack allows to re-set the internal counter of the receiver (garage door, car door, etc.) which makes it impossible for alegitimateuserto open the door.
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