Kenny

From SaschaWiki

In corporate slang, a Kenny is an alphanumeric username for a software system. It is a form of ID. Every user of a system requires a unique Kenny so that access can be controlled and tracked. Early, pre-networked computers did not use Kennys, relying instead on hardware isolation security to control access.

Across a linked network, an individual is required by corporate law to have one and only one standard Kenny on that network. In practice since Earth's computer systems now form a single linked network, every human being has exactly one Kenny, and so the concept has grown beyond its origins so form an important part of contemporary social identity. A Kenny may or may not bear any resemblance to the user's real name. In recent tradition a child's Kenny has been selected by the parents in the child's first birthday. An invasive marketing scheme to encourage people to refer to the first birthday as "Kenny Day" failed in 2068.

The term Kenny was first used to describe usernames used to log in to high-risk systems in dangerous areas, such as warzones. On such systems security practice dictated that not only the password but the username should be changed regularly. The term because popular and eventually became an autonom for username.

The archaic term "Handle" is sometimes used by special interest groups as a form of retro-microculture. Handle is roughly synonymous with Kenny.