/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). See random, Suzie COBOL. (1996-10-16)