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sysop1
nounsysop (plural sysops)
plural sysops
- InternetcomputingA system operator, especially someone who administers an online communications system or bulletin board.
- wiki jargon; chiefly Wikimedia jargon; wiki jargon; chiefly Wikimedia jargonAn administrator on a wiki.
verbsysop (third-person singular simple present sysops, present participle sysopping, simple past and past participle sysopped)
present singular third person sysops · participle present sysopping · participle past sysopped · past sysopped
- intransitiveTo 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 - raretransitiveTo grant someone sysop privileges.
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Chinese Mandarin 系統操作員 /系统操作员
- 系統操作員 /系统操作员 (xìtǒng cāozuòyuán)Translations
Finnish valvoja, sysop
- valvojaTranslations
- sysopTranslations
French sysop
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German Sysop, SysOp
- SysopTranslations
- SysOpTranslations
Japanese システムオペレーター, シスオペ
- システムオペレーター (shisutemu operētā)Translations
- シスオペ (shisuope)Translations
Korean 시삽, 시스템 운영자
- 시삽 (sisap)Translations
- 시스템 운영자 (siseutem unyeongja)Translations
- 시솝 (sisop)Translations
- 시샵 (sisyap)Translations
Polish sysop
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Russian систе́мный опера́тор, сисо́п
- систе́мный опера́тор (sistémnyj operátor)Translations
- сисо́п (sisóp)Translations
Spanish operador de sistema, operador sistémico
- operador de sistemaTranslations
- operador sistémicoTranslations
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APA
sysop. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sysop
MLA
“sysop.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sysop. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “sysop,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sysop.
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