[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]