germinal

adj : containing seeds of later development; "seminal ideas of one

discipline can influence the growth of another" [syn: {originative},

{seminal}]

n : seventh month of the Revolutionary calendar (Mar-Apr); the

month of buds [syn: {Germinal}]

terminak

/ter'mi-nak`/ [Caltech, ca. 1979] Any malfunctioning computer

terminal. A common failure mode of Lear-Siegler ADM 3a

terminals caused the "L" key to produce the "K" code instead;

complaints about this tended to look like "Terminak #3 has a

bad keyboard. Pkease fix." See {AIDX}, {Nominal

Semidestructor}, {Open DeathTrap}, {ScumOS}, {sun-stools},

{Telerat}, {HP-SUX}.

[{Jargon File}]

(1995-04-14)