sysop

From the first syllables of system and operator.

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɪsˌɒp/

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sysop (plural sysops)

1. (computing, Internet) A system operator, especially someone who administers an online communications system or bulletin board.
2. (Wiktionary and WMF jargon) An administrator on a wiki.

• admin

sysop (third-person singular simple present sysops, present participle sysopping, simple past and past participle sysopped)

1. (intransitive) To work as a sysop.
   • 1977, Henry Torsey Fernald, 'Fernald Club Yearbook', number 46-55, page 28:

     Another major chunk of time goes into computer work - entering the data which is dumped on my desk at irregular intervals by the other IPM programs, tidying up the database, and sysopping on our micro-based bulletin board system.

2. (transitive, rare) To give someone sysop privileges.