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snark
[snahrk] 
–noun
| a mysterious, imaginary animal. |
Origin:
1876; coined by Lewis Carroll in his poem The Hunting of the Snark
1876; coined by Lewis Carroll in his poem The Hunting of the Snark
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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. See snivitz.
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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snark (n.)
imaginary animal, coined 1876 by Lewis Carroll in "The Hunting of the Snark."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Language Translation for : snark
Spanish:
crepitación, chisporroteo,
German:
das Knistern,
Japanese:
ぱちぱちという音
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. See snivitz.
3. UUCP name of snark.thyrsus.com, home site of the Hacker Jargon File versions 2.*.*.
[The Jargon File]
The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing, © 1993-2007 Denis Howe
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