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by wredcoll 119 days ago
Just like "computer engineer" is a silly term, it should be "computer operator".
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ThrowawayR2 119 days ago
"Operator" has a long history in computing. In the pre-microcomputer era, the people who managed computers were referred to as operators or sysops; the O in BOFH was Operator.
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