[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]