What Does Username Mean?

A username is a a word, phrase, number or combination of characters that uniquely identifies a user on software, a website, a computer or any computing device or related service that requires user authentication.

Techopedia Explains Username

Username is a common security feature and widely adapted authentication and authorization technique used in IT and IT-enabled systems that have a multi-user access mechanism. A username is mostly used in combination with a password; the username identifies a user and password serves as authentication.