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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>J. Random</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="../../jargon.css" type="text/css"/><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.61.0"/><link rel="home" href="../index.html" title="The Jargon File"/><link rel="up" href="../J.html" title="J"/><link rel="previous" href="../J.html" title="J"/><link rel="next" href="J--Random-Hacker.html" title="J. Random Hacker"/></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">J. Random</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="../J.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">J</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="J--Random-Hacker.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><dt><a id="J--Random"/><dt xmlns="" id="J--Random"><b>J. Random</b>: <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="pronunciation">/J rand´m/</span>, <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="grammar">n.</span></dt></dt><dd><p> [common; generalized from <a href="J--Random-Hacker.html"><i class="glossterm">J. Random Hacker</i></a>]
Arbitrary; ordinary; any one; any old. &#8216;J. Random&#8217; is often
prefixed to a noun to make a name out of it. It means roughly <span class="firstterm">some particular</span> or <span class="firstterm">any specific one</span>. &#8220;<span class="quote">Would you let
J. Random Loser marry your daughter?</span>&#8221; The most common uses are
&#8216;J. Random Hacker&#8217;, &#8216;J. Random Loser&#8217;, and
&#8216;J. Random Nerd&#8217; (&#8220;<span class="quote">Should J. Random Loser be allowed to
kill other peoples' processes?</span>&#8221;), but it can be used simply as an
elaborate version of <a href="../R/random.html"><i class="glossterm">random</i></a> in any sense.</p></dd><div class="navfooter"><hr/><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="../J.html">Prev</a> </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="../J.html">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="J--Random-Hacker.html">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">J </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="../index.html">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> J. Random Hacker</td></tr></table></div></body></html>
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