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.