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 AIDX, Nominal Semidestructor, ScumOS, sun-stools, Telerat, HP-SUX,
Slowlaris.
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terminal brain death n.
The extreme form of terminal
illness (sense 1). What someone who has obviously been
hacking continuously for far too long is said to be suffering
from.
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terminal illness n.
1. Syn. raster burn. 2.
The `burn-in' condition your CRT tends to get if you don't have a
screen saver.