Sysop
Asysop(/ˈsɪsɒp/;an abbreviation ofsystem operator) is an administrator of a multi-user computer system, such as abulletin board system(BBS) or anonline servicevirtual community.[1][2]The phrase may also be used to refer to administrators of otherInternet-basednetworkservices.[3]Sysops typically do not earn money, but donate their activity to the community.[2]
Co-sysopsare users who may be granted certain admin privileges on a BBS. Generally, they help validate users and monitor discussionforums.Some co-sysops serve as file clerks, reviewing, describing, and publishing newlyuploadedfiles into appropriatedownloaddirectories.[4]
Historically, the termsystem operatorapplied to operators of any computer system, especially amainframe computer.In general, a sysop is a person who oversees the operation of a server, typically in a large computer system. Usage of the term became popular in the late 1980s and 1990s, originally in reference to BBS operators.[1]A person with equivalent functions on anetwork hostorserveris typically called asysadmin,short forsystem administrator.[3]
Because such duties were often shared with that of the sysadmin prior to the advent of theWorld Wide Web,the termsysopis often used more generally to refer to an administrator ormoderator,such as aforum administrator.Hence, the termsysadminis technically used to distinguish the professional position of a network operator.[5]
See also
[edit]References
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