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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A system administrator.

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  • noun Systems administrator; a person whose job it is to maintain computer or network systems.

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Examples

  • Boing Boing's sysadmin is the tireless and brilliant Ken Snider, who keeps us running so smoothly that it's easy to forget just how much work he does.

    Boing Boing 2007

  • Sysadmins get more off-hour phone-calls than surgeons; for that matter, a good sysadmin is better to have around than a surgeon.

    Boing Boing: July 23, 2006 - July 29, 2006 Archives 2006

  • I refer to the two basic things- 'sysadmin'- where did you get this information?

    An open letter to Andrey Golub, Spock's #1 user 2008

  • Only robots answer my email queries to Comcast, and the Well’s sysadmin is unable to get through to a real person via telephone.

    Smart Mobs » Blog Archive » Comcast blacklists Well.com 2006

  • Only robots answer my email queries to Comcast, and the Well’s sysadmin is unable to get through to a real person via telephone.

    Smart Mobs » Blog Archive » Comcast blacklists Well.com 2006

  • Call the sysadmin at ISLEnet and have him suspend the entire network.

    The Blue Nowhere Jeffery Deaver 2001

  • Root: In the Unix operating system the word refers to the sysadmin or other individual in charge of a computer or network.

    The Blue Nowhere Jeffery Deaver 2001

  • One of the most important things to a sysadmin is the ability to monitor her servers.

    Planet Perl 2010

  • The kind of sysadmin that plays the network blindfolded and upside down like Stevie Ray Vaughn, makes ch, ch, changes faster than David Bowie, smashes hackers like Pete Townsend does with guitars, keeps the show going like Bill Graham, and does it all with Ringo's good humor.

    Boing Boing 2009

  • Ok - this is going to make me look dumb, but it took me a bit to figure out what "sysadmin" was - - - but now I get it!

    20 Things I Learned As A Sysadmin kludge 2007

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