Source : Free On-Line Dictionary of Computing

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)