Definitions

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

  • noun An administrative assistant.

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  • noun A person who has specific controls to a forum/website/etc. that allows them to control the forum/website/etc.
  • noun A person who controls specific network.
  • verb To serve as an administrator for or of.

Etymologies

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Shortening of administrator or administration.

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Examples

  • "Set the $admin variable near the top to your board's admin user name" - What exactly does this bit mean? www. myforum/manage_bots. php but I get an HTTP 500 Error and the page is not displayed.

    phpBB.com Pony99CA 2010

  • "Set the $admin variable near the top to your board's admin user name" - What exactly does this bit mean?

    phpBB.com Pony99CA 2010

  • "Set the $admin variable near the top to your board's admin user name" - What exactly does this bit mean?

    phpBB.com Pony99CA 2010

  • There is nothing to change. syd: ~ admin$ yet in network tab of server admin shows DNS Name as mail. whp.com.au

    Discussions: Message List - root 2010

  • "Set the $admin variable near the top to your board's admin user name" - What exactly does this bit mean? www. myforum/manage_bots. php but I get an HTTP 500 Error and the page is not displayed.

    phpBB.com harters 2010

  • "Set the $admin variable near the top to your board's admin user name" - What exactly does this bit mean? www. myforum/manage_bots. php but I get an HTTP 500 Error and the page is not displayed.

    phpBB.com harters 2010

  • "Set the $admin variable near the top to your board's admin user name" - What exactly does this bit mean? www. myforum/manage_bots. php but I get an HTTP 500 Error and the page is not displayed.

    phpBB.com Pony99CA 2010

  • "Set the $admin variable near the top to your board's admin user name" - What exactly does this bit mean?

    phpBB.com harters 2010

  • In non-domain environments, the default system shares (admin$, c$) are not accessible remotely by admin users, even if File and Print Sharing is enabled and the Windows Firewall allows inbound connections.

    TechNet Blogs 2008

  • (but it can be disabled from the admin panel) •admin Panel:

    Freelancer.com - New Projects 2010

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