sysop

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

  system operator
  sysop
  systems operator
  
     <job, jargon> (Always abbreviated to "sysop") /sis'op/ A term
     used in the BBS world for the operator of a bulletin-board
     system (who is usually also the owner).
  
     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.
  
     Contrast: system administrator.
  
     (1999-10-20)
  

sysop - Jargon File (4.4.4, 14 Aug 2003) :

  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 FidoNet board, thus
     sending it to hundreds of sysops around the world.
  

sysop - V.E.R.A. -- Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (June 2006) :

  SYSOP
         SYStem OPerator (BBS), "SysOp"