Martian

5 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Martian \Mar"tian\, prop. a. [L. Martius.]
     Of or pertaining to Mars, the Roman god of war, or to the
     planet bearing his name; martial.
     [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:



  Martian \Mar"tian\, prop. n.
     An inhabitant of the planet Mars; -- fictional or
     hypothetical. --Du Maurier.
     [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
  
     Note: In science fiction, it has often been postulated that
           there are intelligent creatures living on Mars, but no
           strong evidence of any form of life on Mars has been
           observed up to the end of 1998.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  Martian
       adj : of or relating to the planet Mars (or its fictional
             inhabitants)
       n : imaginary people who live on the planet Mars

From Jargon File (4.3.1, 29 Jun 2001) [jargon]:

  martian n. A packet sent on a TCP/IP network with a source address of
     the test loopback interface [127.0.0.1]. This means that it will come
     back labeled 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?" Compare {Christmas tree packet},
     {Godzillagram}.
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:

  Martian
       
          {Packet}s 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?"
       
          [{Jargon File}]