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 do not meet at one vertex. A boojum is a planar snark. See Four-Color Theorem.
The SM-62 Snark was an intercontinental nuclear cruise missile of the US Air Force that was operational in 1960 and 1961.
A Snark (boat) was a discount variety of small sailboat.
The Snark was a boat built to Jack London's specifications, on which he lived from 1906 to 1908. Its voyage across the Pacific is depicted in London's novel The Cruise of the Snark (1913).
The Snark was a small two-man submarine in the movie Gray Lady Down.
MV The Second Snark was built in 1938 as a shipyard tug and tender. It continues in use as a cruise boat and passenger ferry on the Firth of Clyde.
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 MTS!" 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". (According to The Urban Dictionary, snark is a contraction of "snide remark".)
"Snark" is the term for a webcomic review from the Websnarkblog, websnark.com. A Websnark snark is not necessarily snide; it derives from the website's name, which in turn derives from snark (speech).
"Snark" is the name of an imaginary small, bug-like species of alien used as a weapon in the computer game Half-Life. They are thrown by the protagonist, Gordon Freeman, at any enemies within a medium distance. Despite their size (about the same girth as a large rat), snarks are capable of delivering a VERY nasty bite; three snarks set upon a clumsy opponent will spell his doom. They also explode after a certain period of time, or if they are shot at. This is equally dangerous, for their blood is toxic.
"Snark" is the name of an early 1970s text-based computer game from People's Computer Company.
"Snark" is a tradename for an early single-hose diving regulator. It had only one mouthpiece and second-stage regulator.
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Zn'rx were dubbed "Snarks" by Aelfyre Whitemane, a member of the Kymellian race who was a student of the works of Earth's Lewis Carroll, and likened the members of the Zn'rx race to the monstrous title character in Carroll's poem "The Hunting of the Snark.").
Snarks are longer lived than Earth human beings, although the average length of a Snark lifespan has not yet been determined.
The Snarks are ruled by an emperor, who has many wives, each of whom is designated as a queen mother, and each of whom heads her own clan, composed of her offspring, relatives, and supporters.
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