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al_borlandtoday at 6:43 AM1 replyview on HN

If sudo stands for “superuser do”, and on Windows they call this user an “Administrator”. It stands to reason they should call it `audo`.

Though this would be confusing, as people would pronounce it like “adieu”, which would make it sound like an alias for `logoff`.


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NekkoDroidtoday at 6:55 AM

> It stands to reason they should call it `audo`.

"Administrator" doesn't contain a "u". `addo`/`ado` both would make more sense and flows better off the tongue.

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