sysadmins
Network maintenance staff
Sysadmins is the plural of sysadmin, a clipped form of system administrator—someone who maintains and operates computer systems, networks, or servers.
The term belongs to IT culture: The sysadmins are patching the servers tonight.
Sysadmins handle everything from user accounts to security updates to keeping infrastructure running.
Machines providing network resources
- networksInterconnected groups or channels
- infrastructureBasic physical systems
- systemsOrganized sets of elements
- maintenancePreserving working condition
monitoring · uptime · deployment · backups · patches · configurations · firewalls · troubleshooting
Open-source operating system kernel
- bashForceful striking blow
- DockerApplication containerization platform
- VMwareVirtualization software company
- ApacheSouthwestern indigenous nation
Active Directory · PowerShell · Jenkins · Prometheus · Git · LDAP · systemd
Corporate technology management unit
- help deskAssistance service point
- data centerFacility housing networked computers
- server roomFacility housing networked computers
- ticketsDocuments permitting entry
incidents · outages · downtime · escalation · documentation · change management · NOC · remote access
Science-themed stick-figure webcomic
- coffeeBrewed bean beverage
- caffeineMethylxanthine stimulant compound
- burnoutChronic occupational depletion
- rubber duckSqueezable floating tub toy
Reddit · imposter syndrome · war stories · legacy systems · technical debt · users · heroics · root cause
servers
Machines providing network resources
- networksInterconnected groups or channels
- infrastructureBasic physical systems
- systemsOrganized sets of elements
maintenance · monitoring · uptime · deployment · backups · patches · configurations · firewalls · troubleshooting · logs
Linux
Open-source operating system kernel
- bashForceful striking blow
- DockerApplication containerization platform
- VMwareVirtualization software company
Apache · Active Directory · PowerShell · Jenkins · Prometheus · Git · LDAP · systemd
IT department
Corporate technology management unit
- help deskAssistance service point
- data centerFacility housing networked computers
- server roomFacility housing networked computers
tickets · incidents · outages · downtime · escalation · documentation · change management · NOC · remote access · enterprise
xkcd
Science-themed stick-figure webcomic
- coffeeBrewed bean beverage
- caffeineMethylxanthine stimulant compound
- burnoutChronic occupational depletion
rubber duck · Reddit · imposter syndrome · war stories · legacy systems · technical debt · users · heroics · root cause · blame game
- tech culturedevelopers, coders, startup culture, programmers, computers
- tech workersprogrammers, programmer, software engineer, developers, software developer
- techiesgeeks, nerds, techies, coders, programmers
- tech hobbyistsgamer, tinkerers, programmer, makers, coder
sysadminsend users
Ultimate product recipients
users · consumers · clients · stakeholders · management
sysadminsdevelopers
Those who create software
software engineers · programmers · coders · architects · software developers