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The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English | 2009 | Copyright

op·er·a·tor / ˈäpəˌrātər/ • n. 1. a person who operates equipment or a machine: a radio operator. ∎ (usu. the operator) a person who works for a telephone company assisting users, or who works at a telephone switchboard. 2. a person or company that engages in or runs a business or enterprise: a tour operator. 3. inf. a person who acts in a specified, esp. a manipulative, way: her reputation as a cool, clever operator. 4. Math. a symbol or function denoting an operation (e.g., ×, +).

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operator

A Dictionary of Computing | 2004 | | Copyright

operator
1. A person responsible for the immediate supervision of the hardware of a computer system.

2. A function that can be applied to one or more operands so as to yield a result. It is (usually) a symbol representing an operation to be carried out, as opposed to a variable, which represents a data value. See also arithmetic operator, logic operation, relational operator, precedence.

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operator

A Dictionary of Zoology | 1999 | | Copyright

operator The region of DNA at one end of an operon that acts as the binding site for a specific repressor protein, and so controls the functioning of adjacent cistrons.

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A Dictionary of Plant Sciences | 1998 | | Copyright

operator A region of DNA at one end of an operon that acts as the binding site for a specific repressor protein, and so controls the functioning of adjacent cistrons.

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