Sysprog

noun, slang

noun, slang ·Uncommon ·College level

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Noun
  1. 1
    A systems programmer. colloquial, dated

    "The sysprogs of the 1970s and early '80s also tended the mainframe as it shook and rattled incongruously on the edge of Dartmouth's Colonial campus."

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systems programmer

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"The sysprogs of the 1970s and early '80s also tended the mainframe as it shook and rattled incongruously on the edge of Dartmouth's Colonial campus."

Etymology

Blend of system + programmer.

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