user base

user base

business jargon The number units of a particular product or service that are currently in use, especially software or an Internet or computing platform. (Also referred to as "install(ed) user base" or simply "install(ed) base.") There have been fears that the computer giant's existing user base may decline after their newest operating system is implemented. The video game developer's insistence on backwards compatibility in their newest console shows an earnest effort to keep their user base happy.
See also: base, user
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
See also:
  • install(ed) base
  • install(ed) user base
  • user
  • reality
  • take a bite of the reality sandwich
  • bite of the reality sandwich
  • bride
  • bridesmaid
  • always the bridesmaid
  • always the bridesmaid, never the bride
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The Cellular Mobile Operators (CMOs) overall user base, which decreased by 18 % to 114.7 million subscribers in fiscal year 2015 amid the biometric verification drive, also showed signs of recovery in the first month of current fiscal year.
"Twitter's US user base gets outsized - but appropriate -
Through this affiliation Tylted's enormous user base will benefit from the rewards and virtual currency offered by Beintoo's unique platform.
In the next five years, the global user base of smartphones is forecasted to grow at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 42.9 per cent to reach 2.8 billion in 2015, the report said.
WestCall's broadband Internet access residential user base in St Petersburg and the Leningrad region has 30,000 clients, while its corporate use base totals some 8,000 people, a company source said.Country: , RussiaSector: TelecommunicationsTarget: WestCall TelecommunicationsBuyer: MegaFon, NetByNetType: Corporate acquisitionStatus: Talks
Both companies were trying to take hold of TweetDeck's user base, which includes consumer businesses, marketing experts and news agencies.
It added 3.065 million customers to widen its base to 32.2 million by 2009/10, it said.The biggest cellular operator was successful to recover its lost user base as it had contracted nearly 2.89 million in the financial year 2008/09.
* Expertise location and management applications will be the fastest-growing knowledge management technologies in 2002, with the installed user base more than tripling to more than $00,000 by year's end.
about to fragment its own user base by creating two version of its games, one for PCs and one for the Xbox?
Unfazed by asking users to pay $35 for what Microsoft and Netscape supply free, Opera is now working to extend its user base which it puts at 600,000 by producing versions for Macs, OS/2, Linux, BeOS and Psion.
Longer term, the analyst keeps her Buy rating on Roku, citing the scale potential of its active 32M user base, lengthening engagement from the current 3 hour per day per household viewing, and the increasing number of its users without a linear TV bundle being reached by advertisers.
Summary: New Delhi [India], Jan 24 (ANI): In a bid to keep their user base engaged, Instagram announced that users can now include GIF stickers to their posts on the 'Stories' section of the app.
In a bid to challenge WhatsApp's gigantic user base, Snapchat had also rolled out a huge update to the platform, allowing users to place audio and video calls, just like WhatsApp.
Via (http://www.recode.net/2017/2/9/14558890/trump-twitter-user-growth) Recode , Twitter announced its user base only grew by two million users in Q4 2016.