Administrator or admin may refer to:

Job roles

Computing and internet

Database administrator Database administrators (DBAs) use specialized software to store and organize data. The role may include capacity planning, installation, configuration, database design, migration, performance monitoring, security, troubleshooting, as well as back ...

, a person who is responsible for the environmental aspects of a database *

Forum administrator An Internet forum, or message board, is an online discussion site where people can hold conversations in the form of posted messages. They differ from chat rooms in that messages are often longer than one line of text, and are at least temporar ...

, one who oversees discussions on an Internet forum *

Network administrator A network administrator is a person designated in an organization whose responsibility includes maintaining computer infrastructures with emphasis on local area networks (LANs) up to wide area networks (WANs). Responsibilities may vary between org ...

, engineers involved in computer networks *

Server administrator :''This article concentrates on server administration in the context of computer gaming. For generic server administration, see system administrator. For the Dell OpenManage Server Administrator product see OpenManage.'' A server administrator, or ...

, a person who acts as the administrator for an Internet gaming or other type of server *

Superuser In computing, the superuser is a special user account used for system administration. Depending on the operating system (OS), the actual name of this account might be root, administrator, admin or supervisor. In some cases, the actual name of t ...

, a type of computer user with administrative privileges *

Sysop A sysop (; an abbreviation of system operator) is an administrator of a multi-user computer system, such as a bulletin board system (BBS) or an online service virtual community.Jansen, E. & James,V. (2002). NetLingo: the Internet dictionary. Netl ...

, a commonly used term for a system operator, an administrator of a multi-user website **

Wikipedia administrators On Wikipedia, trusted users may be appointed as administrators (also referred to as admins, sysops or janitors), following a successful request for adminship. Currently, there are administrators on the English Wikipedia. Administrators have add ...

System administrator A system administrator, or sysadmin, or admin is a person who is responsible for the upkeep, configuration, and reliable operation of computer systems, especially multi-user computers, such as servers. The system administrator seeks to ensu ...

, a person responsible for running technically advanced information systems

Government

Administrator of the Government An administrator (administrator of the government or officer administering the government) in the constitutional practice of some countries in the Commonwealth is a person who fulfils a role similar to that of a governor or a governor-general ...

, in various Commonwealth realms and territories **

Administrator (Australia) The title Administrator of the government (Administrator) has several uses in Australia. Administrator of the Commonwealth Section 4 of the Australian Constitution provides that: :''The provisions of this Constitution relating to the Governor- ...

, for use of the title in Australia * In the

independent agencies of the United States government Independent agencies of the United States federal government are agencies that exist outside the federal executive departments (those headed by a Cabinet secretary) and the Executive Office of the President. In a narrower sense, the term refers ...

, the administrator is the highest executive officer in an independent agency whose name ends with the word "administration" * Administrator, a practitioner of

public administration Public Administration (a form of governance) or Public Policy and Administration (an academic discipline) is the implementation of public policy, administration of government establishment (public governance), management of non-profit establ ...

Religion

Administrator (of ecclesiastical property) In the canon law of the Roman Catholic Church, an administrator of ecclesiastical property is anyone charged with the care of church property. Administrative authority The supreme administrator and steward of to all ecclesiastical temporalities ...

, anyone charged with the care of church property in the Roman Catholic Church *

Diocesan administrator :''See: Catholic Church hierarchy#Equivalents of diocesan bishops in law'' A diocesan administrator is a provisional ordinary of a Roman Catholic particular church. Diocesan administrators in canon law The college of consultors elects an admini ...

, a provisional ordinary of a Roman Catholic church *

Apostolic Administrator An Apostolic administration in the Catholic Church is administrated by a prelate appointed by the pope to serve as the ordinary for a specific area. Either the area is not yet a diocese (a stable 'pre-diocesan', usually missionary apostolic admi ...

, a prelate appointed by the Pope to serve as the ordinary for an apostolic administration *

Administrator (medieval) :''See: Catholic Church hierarchy#Equivalents of diocesan bishops in law'' A diocesan administrator is a provisional ordinary of a Roman Catholic particular church. Diocesan administrators in canon law The college of consultors elects an admini ...

, the ruler of a prince-bishopric in medieval times who was not confirmed by the Pope

Other job roles

Business administration Business administration, also known as business management, is the administration of a commercial enterprise. It includes all aspects of overseeing and supervising the business operations of an organization. From the point of view of management ...

, a person responsible for the performance or management of administrative business operations *

Administrator (law) In law an administrator (or administratrix for women) can be: * a person appointed by the court to handle the estate of someone who died without a will (administrator of an estate). * In United Kingdom bankruptcy law, an office holder appointed ...

, a person appointed by a court to handle the administration of an estate for someone who has died without a will *

Academic administration Academic administration is a branch of university or college employees responsible for the maintenance and supervision of the institution and separate from the faculty or academics, although some personnel may have joint responsibilities. Some t ...

, administration of a school *

Arts administrator The arts are a very wide range of human practices of creative expression, storytelling and cultural participation. They encompass multiple diverse and plural modes of thinking, doing and being, in an extremely broad range of media. Both ...

, responsible for the business end of an arts organization *

Health administration Health administration, healthcare administration, healthcare management or hospital management is the field relating to leadership, management, and administration of public health systems, health care systems, hospitals, and hospital networks ...

, leadership, management, and administration of health organizations

Other uses

Administrator (role) The Keirsey Temperament Sorter (KTS) is a self-assessed personality questionnaire designed to help people better understand themselves and others. It was first introduced in the book ''Please Understand Me''. It is one of the most widely used perso ...

, one of the roles in the Keirsey Temperament Sorter personality assessment scheme *

Administration (law) As a legal concept, administration is a procedure under the insolvency laws of a number of common law jurisdictions, similar to bankruptcy in the United States. It functions as a rescue mechanism for insolvent entities and allows them to carry on ...