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• ark 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!...
• For the Snark was a Boojum, you see. -- Lewis Carroll
• domainist: /doh-mayn'ist/ adj. 1. Said of an {{Internet address}} (as opposed to a {bang path}) because the part to the right of the `@' specifies a nested series of `domains'
  for example, esr@snark.thyrsus.com specifies the machine called snark in the subdomain called thyrsus within the top-level domain called com....
• finger: [WAITS, via BSD UNIX] 1. n. A program that displays information about a particular user or all users logged on the system, or a remote system.
  Typically shows full name, last login time, idle time, terminal line, and terminal location (where applicable)....
• leep: vi. 1. [techspeak] To relinquish a claim (of a process on a multitasking system) for service
  o indicate to the scheduler that a process may be deactivated until some given event occurs or a specified time delay elapses....
• fried: adj. 1. Non-working due to hardware failure
  burnt out. Especially used of hardware brought down by a `power glitch' (see {glitch}), {drop-outs}, a short, or some other electrical event....
• oot: [UNIX] n. 1. The {superuser} account (with user name `root') that ignores permission bits, user number 0 on a UNIX system.
  The term {avatar} is also used. 2. The top node of the system directory structure (home directory of the root user)....
• luser: /loo'zr/ n. A {user}; esp. one who is also a {loser}.
  ({luser} and {loser} are pronounced identically....
• bug n. An unwanted and unintended property of a program or piece of hardware, esp.
  one that causes it to malfunction. Antonym of feature....