SYSOP

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'Sysop' (pronounced , or more rarely, ) is short for "system operator". It is a commonly used term for the administrator of a bulletin board system (BBS) or special-interest area of an online service or, historically, the operators of any computer system, especially a mainframe computer.
Usage of the term peaked in the early 1990s, being mostly used strictly to refer to BBS operators; someone doing equivalent functions on the Internet is primarily referred to as a "sysadmin", short for "system administrator", or simply "admin". However, the term has occasionally been used on the Internet, notably on MSN and CompuServe Forums.

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Co-sysop

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Co-sysop

'Co-sysops' were users who were granted certain admin privileges on a BBS. Generally, they would help validate users and monitor discussion forums. Some served as file clerks, describing and inserting newly arrived shareware and other files into appropriate download directories.

References

★ Jason Scott Sadofsky. "Sysops and Users", part 2 of '' (film).

External links

★ Novell's Discussion Forum SysOps migrated from Compuserve in the mid 1990s to Internet based discussions

See also

★ Internet slang

★ Neologism

★ Network administrator

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