(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, thuSSending it to hundredS of SySopS around the world. ContraSt: SyStem chefiStrator. (1999-10-20)