Definition of System administrator

1. Noun. A person in charge of managing and maintaining a computer system of telecommunication system (as for a business or institution).

Generic synonyms: Computer User, Supervisor

Lexicographical Neighbors of System Administrator

sysadminning
sysadmins
sysads
syscall
syscalls
sysop
sysophood
sysopped
sysopping
sysops
syssarcosis
syssitia
syssitias
systaltic
system
system administrator (current term)
system architecture
system architectures
system call
system clock
system command
system error
system of logic
system of macrophages
system of measurement
system of numeration
system of rules
system of weights
system of weights and measures
system program

Literary usage of System administrator

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Automated Tools for Testing Computer System Vulnerability by Timothy Polk (1993)
"Users may leave their files open to attack; the system administrator may leave ... If that user is the system administrator, the entire system is at risk. ..."

2. Trusted Network Interpretation of the Trusted Computer System Evaluation (1994)
"3.3.4.2 Trusted Facility Manual • Statement from DoD 5200.28-STD A manual addressed to the ADP system administrator shall present cautions about functions ..."

3. Guide to Understanding Discretionary Access Control in Trusted Systems by Carole S. Jordan (1987)
"When a new object is created on this system, it is unprotected until the system administrator identifies it to the DAC mechanism. From that point on, ..."

4. SAS(R) 9.1 Companion for UNIX Environments by Institute SAS Institute, SAS Institute (2004)
"APPENDIX , 2 \ -\ Tools for the system administrator The Utilities Directory in UNIX Environments Installing Manual Pages Utilities in the /bin Directory ..."

5. Guide to Writing the Security Features Users Guide for Trusted Systems by David M. Chizmadia (1991)
"... be reported to the system administrator {if the roles are separate). lf the ... that have not been reviewed and tested by the system administrator(s)). ..."

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