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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>snark</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="../S.html" title="S"/><link rel="previous" href="snarf-down.html" title="snarf down"/><link rel="next" href="sneaker.html" title="sneaker"/></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">snark</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="snarf-down.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">S</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="sneaker.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><dt><a id="snark"/><dt xmlns="" id="snark"><b>snark</b>: <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="grammar">n.</span></dt></dt><dd><p> [Lewis Carroll, via the Michigan Terminal System] </p></dd><dd><p> 1. A system failure. When a user's process bombed, the operator
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would get the message “<span class="quote">Help, Help, Snark in MTS!</span>”</p></dd><dd><p> 2. More generally, any kind of unexplained or threatening event on a
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computer (especially if it might be a boojum). Often used to refer to an
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event or a log file entry that might indicate an attempted security
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violation. </p></dd><dd><p> 3. UUCP name of <tt class="systemitem">snark.thyrsus.com</tt>, home site of the Jargon
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