Short for `administrator'; very commonly used in speech or on-line to refer to the systems person in charge on a computer. Common constructions on this include sysadmin and site admin (emphasizing the administrator's role as a site contact for email and news) or newsadmin (focusing specifically on news). Compare {postmaster}, {sysop}, {system mangler}.
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[Reference(s) to this entry by made by: {postmaster}{sysadmin}{system mangler}{vadding}]