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Dictionary: sys·op   (sĭs'ŏp') pronunciation

n.
A system operator.


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(SYStem OPerator) Pronounced "siss-op." A person who runs an online communications system or bulletin board. The sysop may also act as mediator for system conferences.

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[esp. in the BBS world] The operator (and usually the owner) of a bulletin-board system. A common neophyte mistake on FidoNet is to address a message to sysop in an international FidoNet board, thus sending it to hundreds of sysops around the world.


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Dansk (Danish)
n. - [comp.] SysOp; systemoperatør

Nederlands (Dutch)
system operator (computer)

Français (French)
n. - (Comput) opérateur système

Deutsch (German)
n. - (Comp.) Systembediener, Systembetreiber

Ελληνική (Greek)
abbr., -
n. - (Η/Υ) διαχειριστής ηλεκτρονικού συστήματος ανακοινώσεων

Italiano (Italian)
operatore di sistema

Português (Portuguese)
abbr. - operador do sistema
n. - operador do sistema (m)

Русский (Russian)
системный оператор

Español (Spanish)
n. - operador del sistema

Svenska (Swedish)
abbr. - system operator
n. - system operator

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
系统管理操作员, 主机管理员

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - system operator 之縮寫, 系統管理操作員, 主機管理員

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 컴퓨터 전광판을 작동하는 사람

日本語 (Japanese)
abbr. - system operator:(電算)システムオペレーター

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(اختصار) مختصر : تشغيل النظام (الاسم) عمليه تشغيل النظام ( كومبيوتر)‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮מפעיל מערכת מחשב, מפעיל לוח-מודעות במערכת מחשב‬


 
 
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