A snark (graph theory) is a graph in which each vertex has three edges, but it is impossible to color the edges with only three colors so that edges of the same color don't meet at one vertex. A boojum is a planar snark. See Four-Color Theorem.
In Marvel Comics, the Zn'rxThe Zn'rx are a fictional extraterrestrial race who has appeared in many Marvel Comics. They are known better as " Snarks" among Earth's superheroes because they were nicknamed that way by a Kymellian called Whitey, who named them after the monster in Lew, or "Snarks", are reptilian alienFor the 1979 movie, see Alien (movie). For live organisms which are not from Earth, see Extraterrestrial life Aliens are foreigners to their surroundings. The word is commonly used in law to denote non- citizens of the country of their whereabouts, and ins who frequently menaced the alien Kymaelian s and the child superheroA superhero is a fictional character who is noted for feats of courage and nobility and who usually has a colorful name and costume, and abilities beyond those of normal human beings. Superheroes spend much of their time battling monsters, natural disastees of Power PackPower Pack is a team of fictional child superheroes who are part of the Marvel Universe. They were created by writer Louise Simonson and artist June Brigman, and first appeared in the first issue of their own comic book series, in 1984. The series lasted.
A Snark (boat) was a discount variety of small sailboat .
The Snark was a small two-man submarine in the movie Gray Lady Down .
Snark is also the name of a minor character in Joseph HellerJoseph Heller ( May 1, 1923 December 12, 1999) was an American novelist best remembered for writing the satiric World War II classic Catch-22''. Joseph Heller was born in Brooklyn, New York, and grew up on Coney Island to Russian Jewish immigrant parents.'s novel Catch-22For other uses of this term, see Catch 22. Catch-22 is a 1961 novel by Joseph Heller about the madness of war. The phrase catch-22 has come into common use to mean a cyclical conundrum, based on its meaning in the book as described below. The novel follow.
In computer lingo, a "snark" is a system failure. On one system, when a user's process bombed, the operator would get the message "Help, Help, Snark in MTSMTS may stand for: multichannel television sound Multi-Technical Services company Manitoba Telecom Services Metre-tonne-second system of units, more properly written mts Michigan Terminal System Mobile TeleSystems company Microsoft Transaction Server Mach!" More generally, any kind of unexplained or threatening event on a computer is called a snark, especially those pesky entries in log files that might indicate an attempted security violation. (Also see snivitz).
Snark (speech) also refers to a style of speech/writing that could loosely be described as "snidely derisive"; hence, 'snarkish', 'snarky', 'to snark at somebody'.
In the computer game Half-Life, snarks are highly aggressive small alien creatures that can be used as weapons when thrown, who then attack their enemy before exploding.
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