Admin /ad-min'/ N. Short For `administrator'; Very Commonly Used In Speech Or On-line To Refer To The Systems Person In Charge On A Computer.

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admin /ad-min'/ n.

Short for `administrator'; very
commonly used in speech or on-line to refer to the systems person
in charge on a computer. Common constructions on this include
`sysadmin' and `site admin' (emphasizing the administrator's
role as a site contact for email and news) or `newsadmin'
(focusing specifically on news). Compare postmaster,
sysop, system mangler.

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