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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>userland</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="../../jargon.css" type="text/css"/><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.61.0"/><link rel="home" href="../index.html" title="The Jargon File"/><link rel="up" href="../U.html" title="U"/><link rel="previous" href="user-obsequious.html" title="user-obsequious"/><link rel="next" href="Utah-teapot.html" title="Utah teapot, the"/></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">userland</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="user-obsequious.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">U</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="Utah-teapot.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><dt><a id="userland"/><dt xmlns="" id="userland"><b>userland</b>: <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="grammar">n.</span></dt></dt><dd><p> Anywhere outside the kernel. &#8220;<span class="quote">That code belongs in
userland.</span>&#8221; This term has been in common use among Unix kernel
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