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martian

 

  5  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Martian  \Mar"tian\,  a.  [L.  Martius.] 
  Of  or  pertaining  to  Mars,  the  Roman  god  of  war,  or  to  the 
  planet  bearing  his  name  martial. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Martian  \Mar"tian\,  n. 
  An  inhabitant  of  the  planet  Mars.  --Du  Maurier. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  Martian 
  adj  :  of  or  relating  to  the  planet  Mars  (or  its  fictional 
  inhabitants)  [syn:  {Martian}] 
  n  :  imaginary  people  who  live  on  the  planet  Mars  [syn:  {Martian}] 
 
  From  Jargon  File  (4.2.3,  23  NOV  2000)  [jargon]: 
 
  martian  n.  A  packet  sent  on  a  TCP/IP  network  with  a  source 
  address  of  the  test  loopback  interface  [127.0.0.1].  This  means  that 
  it  will  come  back  labeled  with  a  source  address  that  is  clearly  not  of 
  this  earth.  "The  domain  server  is  getting  lots  of  packets  from  Mars. 
  Does  that  gateway  have  a  martian  filter?"  Compare  {Christmas  tree 
  packet},  {Godzillagram}. 
 
 
 
  From  The  Free  On-line  Dictionary  of  Computing  (13  Mar  01)  [foldoc]: 
 
  Martian 
 
  {Packet}s  that  turn  up  unexpectedly  on  the  wrong  {network} 
  because  of  bogus  {routing}  entries.  Also  a  packet  which  has 
  an  altogether  bogus  (non-registered  or  ill-formed)  {internet 
  address},  such  as  the  test  loopback  interface  [127.0.0.1]. 
  Such  a  packet  will  come  back  labelled  with  a  source  address 
  that  is  clearly  not  of  this  earth.  "The  domain  server  is 
  getting  lots  of  packets  from  Mars.  Does  that  gateway  have  a 
  martian  filter?" 
 
  [{Jargon  File}]




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