terminak

( /ter´mi·nak`/, n.)

   [Caltech,  ca.  1979]  Any malfunctioning computer terminal. A common
   failure  mode  of Lear-Siegler ADM 3a terminals caused the `L' key to
   produce  the  `K'  code instead; complaints about this tended to look
   like  "Terminak  #3  has  a bad keyboard. Pkease fix." Compare {dread
   high-bit  disease},  {frogging};  see  also  {sun-stools},  {HP-SUX},
   {Slowlaris}.

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