channel op

from Jargon File (4.4.4, 14 Aug 2003)

channel op
 /chan'l op/, n.

   [IRC] Someone who is endowed with privileges on a particular {IRC}
   channel; commonly abbreviated chanop or CHOP or just op (as of 2000
   these short forms have almost crowded out the parent usage). These
   privileges include the right to {kick} users, to change various status
   bits, and to make others into CHOPs.

from The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (8 July 2008)

channel op
chan op
CHOP

   <messaging> /chan'l op/ (Or "{op}", "chan op", "chop") Someone
   who is endowed with privileges on a particular {IRC}
   {channel}.  These privileges include the right to {kick}
   users, to change various status bits and to make others into
   CHOPs.

   The full form, "channel operator", is almost never used.

   [{Jargon File}]

   (1998-01-08)

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