sys-frog /sis'frog/ n.
[the PLATO system] Playful variant of `sysprog', which is in
turn short for `systems programmer'.
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sysadmin /sis'ad-min/ n.
Common contraction of `system admin'; see admin.
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sysape /sys'ayp/ n.
A rather derogatory term for a computer operator; a play on
sysop common at sites that use the
banana hierarchy of problem complexity (see one-banana problem).
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sysop /sis'op/ n.
[esp. in the BBS world] The operator (and usually the owner)
of a bulletin-board system. A common neophyte mistake on FidoNet is to address a message to
`sysop' in an international echo, thus
sending it to hundreds of sysops around the world.
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system n.
1. The supervisor program or OS on a computer. 2. The entire
computer system, including input/output devices, the supervisor
program or OS, and possibly other software. 3. Any large-scale
program. 4. Any method or algorithm. 5. `System hacker': one who
hacks the system (in senses 1 and 2 only; for sense 3 one
mentions the particular program: e.g., `LISP hacker')