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
  • Postmaster, the administrator of a mail server
  • 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)
  • Administrative assistant
  • Majordomo