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A registered user is one who uses a program or a website and provides his credentials, effectively proving his identity.
Technical differences
Generally speaking, any person can become a registered user by providing some credentials, usually in the form of a username (or email) and password. After that, one can access information and privileges unavailable to non-registered users, usually referred to simply as guests. The action of providing the proper credentials for a website is called logging in, or signing in.
Advantages of using user registration
Since the site knows about the identity of persona using the page, it can:
- Display personalized data (the simplest way is saying "Hello, John!")
- Switch to personalized settings (e.g., "Disable pictures" or change site language)
- Let the user perform actions from his identity (like post in a forum using his nickname)
- Access private data (like email or pm)
- Control automated edits, also known as spamming
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