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Mar⋅tian

  [mahr-shuhn]
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–adjective
1. of, pertaining to, or like the planet Mars or its hypothetical inhabitants.
–noun
2. a supposed inhabitant of the planet Mars: The science fiction novel was about the invasion of Earth by Martians.
Origin:
1350–1400; ME marcien < L Mārti(us) of, belonging to Mars (see March ) + -an
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Mar·tian   (mär'shən)   
adj.  Of or relating to the planet Mars or its hypothetical inhabitants.
n.  A hypothetical inhabitant of the planet Mars, especially as a stock fictional character.

[Middle English marcien, from Latin Mārtius, from Mārs, Mārt-, Mars.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Martian
Packets that turn up unexpectedly on the wrong network because of bogus routing entries. Also a packet which has an altogether bogus (non-registered or ill-formed) internet address, such as the test loopback interface [127.0.0.1]. Such a packet will come back labelled with a source address that is clearly not of this earth. "The domain server is getting lots of packets from Mars. Does that gateway have a martian filter?"
[The Jargon File]

The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing, © 1993-2007 Denis Howe
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