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J. Random Hacker
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jargon /J rand'm hak'r/ MIT jargon for a mythical figure;
the archetypal hacker nerd.
This may originally have been inspired by "J. Fred Muggs", a
show-biz chimpanzee whose name was a household word back in
the early days of TMRC, and was probably influenced by
J. Presper Eckert (one of the co-inventors of the electronic
computer).