system operator

job, jargon (Always abbreviated to "sysop") /sis'op/ A term

used in the BBS world for the operator of a bulletin-board

system (who is usually also the owner).

A common neophyte mistake on FidoNet is to address a message

to "sysop" in an international echo, thus sending it to

hundreds of sysops around the world.

Contrast: system administrator.

(1999-10-20)