short foradministration:arrangementsandtasksneededtocontroltheoperationof aplan, anorganization, a person'sactivities, etc.:
Let'sskipthrough theboringadmin first: we have tofillout thisform.
Over 100peopleareemployedby thecollegeasteachingstafforinadmin.
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I had somepersonaladmin to do, likepayingbillsandansweringmessages.
Thecostsof adminaccountfor less than 0.15% of thechargespaidby theclient.
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adminnoun(PERSON)
[C]computingspecialized
short foradministrator: apersonwho is inchargeof theoperationof anetworkofcomputers, awebsite, agroupofcomputerusers, etc., and isableto makechangesto it:
Only admins canaddpeopleto thegroupchatorchangethenameof thegroup.
anetwork/server/site/domainadmin
I havefulladminrightson thenetwork.
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Iloggedon as an admin using thepasswordprovided.
Ithinkthis is anessentialresourcefor every IT admin.
They first point out that with every academic there also has to be a trained technician and an overhead cost, building,admin, etc.
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The programme covers ancillaries,adminand clerical, professional and technical, ambulance and nursing staff, midwives and senior managers.
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This is usually 6 months in theatre plus a further 1½ months made up of pre-deployment training and post-deploymentadminand leave (a total of 7½ months).
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Salaries for legal advisers are advertised at £25,518 to £32,001 (depending upon experience); deputy justices' clerks are advertised at £39,072 to £43,293; andadmin/payments staff vacancies are advertised at £10,974 to £14,433.
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Contributions are monitored by a group of admins, but the bulk of peer review, editorial curation, and maintenance is the responsibility of the user community.
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This large extension also serves as a welcome area,admin/office space and also an upstairs seating area.
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Additionally, they publishedadminuser name and password for other citizens to log in and clear their debts early morning.
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Some admins keep articles in local or technical newsgroups around longer than articles in other newsgroups.
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The newsadmin(the administrator of a news server) decides how long articles are kept on his server before being expired (deleted).
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Those field switches are operated and supervised by the field admins for that particular field.
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This type of service could include support for corporate admins or end users.
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Theadminfor a server typically represents the owners and financiers of the server.
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Extensiveadmin, developer and user documentation is available on the project site.
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Theadmin/preschool building contains an elementary library with an amphitheater and elementary computer lab.
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Anadminuser can publish new template queries, change report pages and create public lists at any time without any programming.
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