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J. Random Hacker
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/J randm hakr/ , n. [very common] A mythical figure like the Unknown
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Soldier; the archetypal hacker nerd. This term is one of the oldest in the
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jargon, apparently going back to MIT in the 1960s. See random , Suzie COBOL.
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This may originally have been inspired by J. Fred Muggs , a show-biz
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chimpanzee whose name was a household word back in the early days of TMRC ,
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and was probably influenced by J. Presper Eckert (one of the co-inventors of
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the electronic computer). See also Fred Foobar. Prev Up Next J.
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