[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.
[glossary]
[Reference(s) to this entry by made by: {admin}{demogroup}{op}{sysape}]