snark

   [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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