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• 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....
• 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....
• chanop /chan'-op/ n. [IRC] See channel op.
• 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....
• CHOP /chop/ n. [IRC] See channel op.
• 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...
• kick: [IRC] v. To cause somebody to be removed from a {IRC} channel, an option only available to {CHOP}s.
  This is an extreme measure, often used to combat extreme {flamage} or {flood}ing, but sometimes used at the chop's whim....
• flood: [IRC] v. To dump large amounts of text onto an {IRC} channel.
  This is especially rude when the text is uninteresting and the other users are trying to carry on a serious conversation....
• channel: [IRC] n. The basic unit of discussion on {IRC}.
  Once one joins a channel, everything one types is read by others on that channel....