terminak

from Jargon File (4.4.4, 14 Aug 2003)

terminak
 /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 {sun-stools}, {HP-SUX},
   {Slowlaris}.

from The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (8 July 2008)

terminak

   /ter'mi-nak`/ [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."  See {AIDX}, {Nominal
   Semidestructor}, {Open DeathTrap}, {ScumOS}, {sun-stools},
   {Telerat}, {HP-SUX}.

   [{Jargon File}]

   (1995-04-14)

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