In my web application inside code I must find a word for somebody to whom certain Action
belongs to(he/she did it).
How to call such person? Contributor? Action owner? Participant?
Context: I log all actions registered users made in my application. For instance clicked certain button. Then I hold info: who did it, when it happenned and what happenned.
Best Answer
Actor is the right term, even though we more often associate it with the theater. It's all a matter of context. For example, google offers as a secondary definition the following: