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Sonja Draeger wrote:
> It seems I have three choices:
>
> 1 Userid
> 2 User ID
> 3 User Id
>
Definitly # 2. The best argument is a semantic one, see Webster:
id (id) n. Psychoanal
1. the part of the psyche that is the source
of unconscious and instinctive impulses
that seek satisfaction in accordance
with the pleasure principle.Compare EGO
(DEF. 2), superego .
[1924; < L id it, as a trans. of G Es lit., it]
ID [1] (ie'dee') n. pl. <ID's, IDs>
1. a means of identification, as a document
containing information regarding the
bearer's identity.
Jeroen Hendrix
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