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snark: n.

  [Lewis Carroll, via the Michigan Terminal System]

  1. A system failure. When a user's process bombed, the operator would get the message “Help, Help, Snark in MTS!”

  2. More generally, any kind of unexplained or threatening event on a computer (especially if it might be a boojum). Often used to refer to an event or a log file entry that might indicate an attempted security violation.

  3. UUCP name of `snark.thyrsus.com`, home site of the Jargon File versions from 2.*.* on (i.e., this lexicon).

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