[Lewis Carroll, via the Michigan Terminal System] 1. A system failure.When a user' s process bombed, the operator would get the message "Help, Help, Snark in MTS!"2. More generally, any kind of unexplained or threatening event on a computer (especially if it might be a boojum). Often used to refer to an event or a log file entry that might indicate an attempted security violation.See snivitz.3. UUCP name of snark.thyrsus.com, home site of the Hacker Jargon File versions 2.*.*.[Jargon File]