Snark

2 definitions found

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

  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. 3. UUCP name of


     snark.thyrsus.com, home site of the Jargon File versions from 2.*.* on
     (i.e., this lexicon).
  
  

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

  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.*.*.
       
          [{Jargon File}]