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A person responsible for managing a computer or network and who has full access to the hardware and software. Users are generally the administrators of their own computers, because fresh out of the box, whoever sets up the machine can create administrator privileges for the user.

If the machines are company owned, users are given fewer privileges. For example, they cannot change certain permissions or internal files. See root level, privilege and access rights.

There Are Different Kinds of Administrators

In an organization's IT department, technicians often have administrator titles. See data administrator, database administrator, network administrator and system administrator.

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court-appointed individual or bank charged with carrying out the court’s decisions with respect to a decedent’s estate until it is fully distributed to all claimants. Administrators are ap pointed when a person dies without having made a will or without having named an executor, or when the named executor cannot or will not serve. The term administratrix is sometimes used if the individual appointed is a woman.
In a general sense, an administrator is a person who carries out an organization’s policies.

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A person appointed by a court to administer the estate of a deceased person who left no will.
See administratrix.
Contrast executor.


Example: The administrator of the estate called a meeting of the deceased’s relatives for the purpose of dividing the property.

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A person having administrative or managerial authority in an organization: administrant, director, executive, manager, officer, official. Informal exec. See over/under.

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Definition: person who manages organization
Antonyms: employee, worker

This entry contains information applicable to United States law only.

A person appointed by the court to manage and take charge of the assets and liabilities of a decedent who has died without making a valid will.

When such a person is a male, he is called an administrator, while a woman is called an administratrix. An administrator c.t.a. (cum testamento annexo, Latin for "with the will annexed") is appointed by the court where the testator had made an incomplete will without naming any executors or had named incapable persons, or where the executors named refuse to act. A public administrator is a public official designated by state law to perform the duties of administration for persons who have died intestate.

An executor differs from an administrator in that he or she is named in the decedent's will to manage the estate. If an executor dies while performing these duties, a court will appoint an administrator de bonis non cum testamento annexo (Latin for "of the goods not (already) administered upon with the will annexed") to com- plete the distribution of the decedent's estate. This term is often abbreviated: administrator d.b.n.c.t.a.

1. A person empowered by a court to act for another person who is deemed incapable of acting for himself/herself.

2. Under the Uniform Securities Act, an entity that enforces the rules and regulations, including registration requirements and post-registration requirements, of investment advisory professionals.

Investopedia Says:
1. For example, an Administrator is appointed to take charge of an estate if an individual has died without leaving a will.

2. Commonly referred to as the "State Administrator".

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IN BRIEF: One who manages or directs.

The hospital hired a new administrator.

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A person who manages or directs a dental benefits program on behalf of the program’s sponsor. See also third-party administrator and dental benefits organization.

For a list of words related to administrator, see:

• Government Officials and Citizens - administrator: one who manages and executes government programs
• Employers, Employees, and Business People - administrator: business executive; manager
• Occupations and Job Titles

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Common misspelling(s) of administrator

• adminstrator

Dansk (Danish)
n. - administrator, bestyrer, forvalter

Nederlands (Dutch)
administrateur, iemand die goed organiseert, beheerder, functionaris (religieus/ juridisch), uitvoerder,

Français (French)
n. - administrateur, (Jur) curateur

Deutsch (German)
n. - Verwalter, Administrator

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - διαχειριστής, διευθυντής, επίτροπος, (νομ.) εκτελεστής διαθήκης

Italiano (Italian)
amministratore, dirigente

Português (Portuguese)
n. - administrador (m), curador (Jur.)

Русский (Russian)
администратор, директор, управляющий, агент, исполнитель

Español (Spanish)
n. - administrador, dirigente, directivo, gerente, gobernador, ministro, albacea

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - förvaltare, organisatör

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
管理人, 行政官员, 遗产管理人

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 管理人, 行政官員, 遺產管理人

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 행정관, 유산 관리인

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 管理者, 行政官, 管財人

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) مدير إداره, رجل إداره‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮מנהל, מנהלן, אמרכל, מוציא לפועל, אדמיניסטרטור‬

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