nark

n 1: (British) an informer or spy working for the police [syn: {copper's

nark}]

2: a lawman concerned with narcotics violations [syn: {narc}, {narcotics

agent}]

v 1: cause annoyance in; disturb, esp. by minor irritations:

"Mosquitoes buzzing in my ear really bothers me"; "It

irritates me that she never closes the door after she

leaves" [syn: {annoy}, {rag}, {get to}, {bother}, {get

at}, {irritate}, {rile}, {nettle}, {gravel}, {vex}, {devil}]

2: inform or spy (for the police)

snark

[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

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