J. Random Hacker /J rand'm hak'r/ jargon for a mythical figure; the archetypal 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 , and was probably influenced by {J. Presper Eckert} (one of the co-inventors of the electronic computer). See , . (1996-10-16)