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users profile as a linguistic construction that mediates what we think we are/how we present and understand ourselves
//== opposed to users account as a public expression of it. steve-this is imposed by protocols.
wikipedia entry>>> user profile is a visual display of personal data associated with a specific user, or a customized desktop environment. A profile refers therefore to the explicit digital representation of a person's identity. A user profile can also be considered as the computer representation of a user model.
See also Online identity
microsoft,windows entry>>>> Your user profile is a collection of settings that make the computer look and work the way you want it to. It contains your settings for desktop backgrounds, screen savers, pointer preferences, sound settings, and other features. User profiles ensure that your personal preferences are used whenever you log on to Windows.
A user profile is different from a user account, which you use to log on to Windows. Each user account has at least one user profile associated with it.
nikos--user profiles in social networking
from operating systems profiles to social distributed profiles
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