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Notes on ADMIN
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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Last Updated: 19th May 2007