TERMINAK


Meaning of TERMINAK in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ /ter'mi-nak`/ n. ]

[Caltech, ca. 1979] Any malfunctioning computer terminal. A common failure mode of Lear-Siegler ADM 3a terminals caused the `L' key to produce the `K' code instead; complaints about this tended to look like "Terminak #3 has a bad keyboard. Pkease fix." Compare dread high-bit disease , frogging ; see also AIDX , Nominal Semidestructor , ScumOS , sun-stools , Telerat , HP-SUX , Slowlaris .

Jargon File English vocabulary.      Английский словарь жаргона.