sysadmin

English

Etymology

Blend of system +‎ administrator.

Noun

sysadmin (plural sysadmins)

1. Systems administrator; a person whose job it is to maintain computer or network systems.
   • 2011, Andrew Lunny, PhoneGap Beginner's Guide:

     Many front-end web developers may not have implemented a web service before, leaving that boring stuff to the neckbeards and the sysadmins.

Derived terms

• sysadminning

Translations

systems administrator

• Arabic: مُدِير أَنْظِمَة m (mudīr ʔanẓima)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 系統管理員／系统管理员 (xìtǒng guǎnlǐyuán)

• Dutch: systeembeheerder (nl) m
• Finnish: järjestelmänvalvoja, järjestelmän hallinnoija
• French: administrateur systèmes (fr) m
• German: Systemadministrator m
• Hungarian: rendszergazda (hu)
• Japanese: システムアドミニストレータ (shisutemuadominisutorētā)
• Portuguese: administrador de sistemas m
• Russian: систе́мный администра́тор (ru) m (sistémnyj administrátor), сисадми́н (ru) m (sisadmín), адми́н (ru) m (admín)
• Spanish: administrador de sistemas m
• Ukrainian: систе́мний адміністра́тор m (systémnyj administrátor), сисадмін m (sysadmin)

See also

• BOFH, sysop, sysprog