sysop

from Jargon File (4.4.4, 14 Aug 2003)

sysop
 /sis'op/, n.

   [esp. in the BBS world] The operator (and usually the owner) of a
   bulletin-board system. A common neophyte mistake on {FidoNet} is to
   address a message to sysop in an international FidoNet board, thus
   sending it to hundreds of sysops around the world.

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

system operator
sysop
systems operator

   <job, jargon> (Always abbreviated to "sysop") /sis'op/ A term
   used in the {BBS} world for the operator of a bulletin-board
   system (who is usually also the owner).

   A common neophyte mistake on {FidoNet} is to address a message
   to "sysop" in an international {echo}, thus sending it to
   hundreds of sysops around the world.

   Contrast: {system administrator}.

   (1999-10-20)

from V.E.R.A. -- Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (June 2006)

SYSOP
       SYStem OPerator (BBS), "SysOp"

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