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terminak
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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, Open DeathTrap, ScumOS, sun-stools,
Telerat, HP-SUX.
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