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snark
     
        [Lewis Carroll, via the Michigan Terminal System] 1. A system
        failure.  When a user's process bombed, the operator would get
        the message "Help, Help, Snark in MTS!"
     
        2. More generally, any kind of unexplained or threatening
        event on a computer (especially if it might be a boojum).
        Often used to refer to an event or a log file entry that might
        indicate an attempted security violation.  See {snivitz}.
     
        3. UUCP name of snark.thyrsus.com, home site of the Hacker
        {Jargon File} versions 2.*.*.
     
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