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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>terminak</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="../../jargon.css" type="text/css"/><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.61.0"/><link rel="home" href="../index.html" title="The Jargon File"/><link rel="up" href="../T.html" title="T"/><link rel="previous" href="teraflop-club.html" title="teraflop club"/><link rel="next" href="terminal-brain-death.html" title="terminal brain death"/></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">terminak</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="teraflop-club.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">T</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="terminal-brain-death.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><dt><a id="terminak"/><dt xmlns="" id="terminak"><b>terminak</b>: <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="pronunciation">/ter´mi·nak`/</span>, <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="grammar">n.</span></dt></dt><dd><p> [Caltech, ca. 1979] Any malfunctioning computer terminal. A common
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failure mode of Lear-Siegler ADM 3a terminals caused the ‘L’
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key to produce the ‘K’ code instead; complaints about this
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tended to look like “<span class="quote">Terminak #3 has a bad keyboard. Pkease
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fix.</span>” Compare <a href="../D/dread-high-bit-disease.html"><i class="glossterm">dread high-bit disease</i></a>,
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<a href="../F/frogging.html"><i class="glossterm">frogging</i></a>; see also
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<a href="../S/sun-stools.html"><i class="glossterm">sun-stools</i></a>, <a href="../H/HP-SUX.html"><i class="glossterm">HP-SUX</i></a>,
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<a href="../S/Slowlaris.html"><i class="glossterm">Slowlaris</i></a>.</p></dd><div class="navfooter"><hr/><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="teraflop-club.html">Prev</a> </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="../T.html">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="terminal-brain-death.html">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">teraflop club </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="../index.html">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> terminal brain death</td></tr></table></div></body></html>
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