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1. The Jargon File (version 4.4.7, 29 Dec 2003)

snark
 n.

    [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.

    3. UUCP name of snark.thyrsus.com, home site of the Jargon File versions
    from 2.*.* on (i.e., this lexicon).

2. The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (30 December 2018)

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.*.*.

   [Jargon File]

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