Terminak

2 definitions found

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

  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 {AIDX},
     {Nominal Semidestructor}, {ScumOS}, {sun-stools}, {Telerat}, {HP-SUX},


     {Slowlaris}.
  
  

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

  terminak
       
          /ter'mi-nak`/ [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."  See {AIDX}, {Nominal
          Semidestructor}, {Open DeathTrap}, {ScumOS}, {sun-stools},
          {Telerat}, {HP-SUX}.
       
          [{Jargon File}]
       
          (1995-04-14)