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terminak
/terminak`/ , 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 sun-stools , HP-SUX , Slowlaris.