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• CHOP /chop/ n. [IRC] See channel op.
• channel op /chan'l op/ n. [IRC] Someone who is endowed with privileges on a particular IRC channel
  commonly abbreviated `chanop' or `CHOP'. These privileges include the right to kick users, to change various status bits, and to make others into CHOPs....
• channel op: /chan'l op/ [IRC] n. Someone who is endowed with privileges on a particular {IRC} channel
  commonly abbreviated `chanop' or `CHOP'. These privileges include the right to {kick} users, to change various status bits, and to make others into CHOPs....
• op /op/ n. 1. In England and Ireland, common verbal abbreviation for `operator', as in system operator.
  Less common in the U.S., where sysop seems to be preferred....
• op: /op/ n. 1. In England and Ireland, common verbal abbreviation for `operator', as in system operator.
  Less common in the U.S., where {sysop} seems to be preferred....
• wilight zone n. // [IRC] Notionally, the area of cyberspace where IRC operators live.
  An op is said to have a "connection to the twilight zone"....
• wilight zone: [IRC] n. Notionally, the area of cyberspace where {IRC} operators live.
  An {op} is said to have a "connection to the twilight zone". -- The AI Hackers Dictionary...
• HALT: No-Op
• STOP: No Op