channel op

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channel op - Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (26 May 2007) :

  channel op
  chan op
  CHOP
  
     <messaging> /chan'l op/ (Or "op", "chan op", "chop") Someone
     who is endowed with privileges on a particular IRC
     channel.  These privileges include the right to kick
     users, to change various status bits and to make others into
     CHOPs.
  
     The full form, "channel operator", is almost never used.
  
     [Jargon File]
  
     (1998-01-08)
  

channel op - Jargon File (4.4.4, 14 Aug 2003) :

  channel op
   /chan'l op/, n.
  
     [IRC] Someone who is endowed with privileges on a particular IRC
     channel; commonly abbreviated chanop or CHOP or just op (as of 2000
     these short forms have almost crowded out the parent usage). These
     privileges include the right to kick users, to change various
  status
     bits, and to make others into CHOPs.