[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]