Administrator

For the policy page on Wikipedia, see Wikipedia:Administrators.

Administrator or admin may refer to:

Job roles

Computing and internet

• Database administrator, a person who is responsible for the environmental aspects of a database
• Forum administrator, one who oversees discussions on an Internet forum
• Network administrator, engineers involved in computer networks
• Server administrator, a person who acts as the administrator for an Internet gaming or other type of server
• Superuser, a type of computer user with administrative privileges
• Sysop, a commonly used term for a system operator, an administrator of a multi-user website
  • Wikipedia administrators
• System administrator, a person responsible for running technically advanced information systems

Government

• Administrator of the Government, in various Commonwealth realms and territories
  • Administrator (Australia), for use of the title in Australia
• In the independent agencies of the United States government, the administrator is the highest executive officer in an independent agency whose name ends with the word "administration"
• Administrator, a practitioner of public administration

Religion

• Administrator (of ecclesiastical property), anyone charged with the care of church property in the Roman Catholic Church
• Diocesan administrator, a provisional ordinary of a Roman Catholic church
• Apostolic Administrator, a prelate appointed by the Pope to serve as the ordinary for an apostolic administration
• Administrator (medieval), the ruler of a prince-bishopric in medieval times who was not confirmed by the Pope

Other job roles

• Business administration, a person responsible for the performance or management of administrative business operations
• Administrator (law), a person appointed by a court to handle the administration of an estate for someone who has died without a will
• Academic administration, administration of a school
• Arts administrator, responsible for the business end of an arts organization
• Health administration, leadership, management, and administration of health organizations

Other uses

• Administrator (role), one of the roles in the Keirsey Temperament Sorter personality assessment scheme
• Administration (law), a procedure under the insolvency laws of a number of common law jurisdictions

See also

• Administration (disambiguation)
• da share z0ne, a comedic social media account run by a fictitious skeleton character named "Admin"