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| '''Administrator''' or '''admin''' may refer to: | | '''Administrators''' are people who organize things like [[business]]es. All businesses have administrators. They make decisions, organize the people who work there and make sure that things are working alright and there are no problems. Their work is called "[[administration]]". The administrators are part of the "[[management]]". |
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| | An administrator is also the person in charge of some of the small territories of the [[United Kingdom]], for example [[Ascension Island]] and the [[British Antarctic Territory]] which are too small to run their own government. |
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| ==Job roles==
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| ===Computing and internet===
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| * [[Database administrator]], a person who is responsible for the environmental aspects of a database
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| * [[Forum administrator]], one who oversees discussions on an Internet forum
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| * [[Network administrator]], engineers involved in computer networks
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| * [[Server administrator]], a person who acts as the administrator for an Internet gaming or other type of server
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| * [[Superuser]], a type of computer user with administrative privileges
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| * [[Sysop]], a commonly used term for a system operator, an administrator of a multi-user website
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| ** [[Wikipedia administrators]]
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| * [[System administrator]], a person responsible for running technically advanced information systems
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| ===Government===
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| * [[Administrator of the Government]], in various Commonwealth realms and territories
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| ** [[Administrator (Australia)]], for use of the title in Australia
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| * In the [[independent agencies of the United States government]], the highest executive officer in an independent agency whose name ends with the word "administration"
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| * Administrator, a practitioner of [[public administration]]
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| ===Religion===
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| * [[Administrator (of ecclesiastical property)]], anyone charged with the care of church property in the Roman Catholic Church
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| * [[Diocesan administrator]], a provisional ordinary of a Roman Catholic church
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| * [[Apostolic Administrator]], a prelate appointed by the Pope to serve as the ordinary for an apostolic administration
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| * [[Administrator (medieval)]], the ruler of a prince-bishopric in medieval times who was not confirmed by the Pope
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| ===Other job roles===
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| * [[Business administration]], a person responsible for the performance or management of administrative business operations
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| * [[Administrator (law)]], a person appointed by a court to handle the administration of an estate for someone who has died without a will
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| * [[Academic administration]], administration of a school
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| * [[Arts administrator]], responsible for the business end of an arts organization
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| * [[Health administration]], leadership, management, and administration of health organizations
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| ==Other uses==
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| * [[Administrator (role)]], one of the roles in the Keirsey Temperament Sorter personality assessment scheme
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| * ''Administr@tor'', an education magazine published by [[Scholastic Corporation]]
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| * [[Administration (law)]], a procedure under the insolvency laws of a number of common law jurisdictions
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| ==See also==
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| *[[Administration (disambiguation)]]
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| * [[da share z0ne]], a comedic social media account run by a fictitious skeleton character named "Admin"
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Administrators are people who organize things like businesses. All businesses have administrators. They make decisions, organize the people who work there and make sure that things are working alright and there are no problems. Their work is called "administration". The administrators are part of the "management".
An administrator is also the person in charge of some of the small territories of the United Kingdom, for example Ascension Island and the British Antarctic Territory which are too small to run their own government.
