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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>system mangler</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="../../jargon.css" type="text/css"/><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.61.0"/><link rel="home" href="../index.html" title="The Jargon File"/><link rel="up" href="../S.html" title="S"/><link rel="previous" href="system.html" title="system"/><link rel="next" href="systems-jock.html" title="systems jock"/></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">system mangler</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="system.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">S</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="systems-jock.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><dt><a id="system-mangler"/><dt xmlns="" id="system-mangler"><b>system mangler</b>: <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="grammar">n.</span></dt></dt><dd><p> Humorous synonym for ‘system manager’, poss. from the
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fact that one major IBM OS had a <a href="../R/root.html"><i class="glossterm">root</i></a> account called
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SYSMANGR. Refers specifically to a systems programmer in charge of
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administration, software maintenance, and updates at some site. Unlike
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<a href="../A/admin.html"><i class="glossterm">admin</i></a>, this term emphasizes the technical end of the
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