Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (1)
1.
imaginary people who live on the planet Mars;
ADJECTIVE (1)
1.
of or relating to the planet Mars (or its fictional inhabitants);
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Martian \Mar"tian\, prop. a. [L. Martius.]
Of or pertaining to Mars, the Roman god of war, or to the
planet bearing his name; martial.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Martian \Mar"tian\, prop. n.
An inhabitant of the planet Mars; -- fictional or
hypothetical. --Du Maurier.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
Note: In science fiction, it has often been postulated that
there are intelligent creatures living on Mars, but no
strong evidence of any form of life on Mars has been
observed up to the end of 1998.
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
Martian
adj 1: of or relating to the planet Mars (or its fictional
inhabitants)
n 1: imaginary people who live on the planet Mars
The Jargon File (version 4.4.7, 29 Dec 2003):
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.
The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (30 December 2018):
Martian
Packets 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]