:terminak: /ter'mi-nak`/ [Caltech, ca. 1979] n. 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}.
-- The AI Hackers Dictionary
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}.
-- The AI Hackers Dictionary
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- terminak /ter'mi-nak`/ n.
[Caltech, ca. 1979] Any
malfunctioning computer terminal.
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a line of extremely losing terminals. Compare {AIDX}... - Open DeathTrap: n. Abusive hackerism for the Santa Cruz
Operation's `Open DeskTop' product,
a Motif-based graphical interface over their UNIX... - HP-SUX: /H-P suhks/ n. Unflattering hackerism for HP-UX,
Hewlett-Packard's UNIX port, which features some truly... - ScumOS: /skuhm'os/ or /skuhm'O-S/ n. Unflattering hackerism
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of UNIX,
AIX, especially for the AIX 3.? used in the IBM RS/6000... - Telerat /tel'*-rat/ n. obs.
Unflattering hackerism for
`Teleray',
a now-extinct line of extremely losing terminals. ...
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