Dictionary

sysop en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈsɪsˌɒp/
• (UK) audio
• /ˈsaɪsˌɒp/

Etymology

Blend of system + operator.

Meanings

1. (Internet) A system operator, especially someone who administers an online communications system or bulletin board.
2. (qualifier:wiki jargon; chiefly Wikimedia jargon; wiki jargon; chiefly Wikimedia jargon) An administrator on a wiki.

Forms

Deriveds

desysop · resysop · sysophood · sysape · cosysop

Relateds

sysprog

Synonyms

admin

Translations (17)

ko 시삽 (Translations) · ko 시솝 (Translations) · ja シスオペ (Translations) · es operador sistémico (Translations) · fr sysop (Translations) · ja システムオペレーター (Translations) · cmn 系統操作員 /系统操作员 (Translations) · ko 시스템 운영자 (Translations) · de Sysop (Translations) · fi sysop (Translations) · ru систе́мный опера́тор (Translations) · es operador de sistema (Translations) · ko 시샵 (Translations) · ru сисо́п (Translations) · pl sysop (Translations) · de SysOp (Translations) · fi valvoja (Translations)

wikipedia: sysop

sysop en · VERB

Pronunciation

• /ˈsɪsˌɒp/
• (UK) audio
• /ˈsaɪsˌɒp/

Etymology

Blend of system + operator.

Meanings

1. (intransitive) To work as a sysop.
   • Another major chunk of time goes into computer work - entering the data which is dumped on my desk at irregular intervals by the other IPM programs, tidying up the database, and sysopping on our micro-based bulletin board system. 1977, Henry Torsey Fernald, Fernald Club Yearbook, numbers 46-55, page 28:
2. (rare, transitive) To grant someone sysop privileges.

Forms

wikipedia: sysop