(Commodore) 1. A hacker who never leaveS hiS cubicle. The term "Gnoll" (from DungeonS & DragonS) iS alSo reported. 2. A curmudgeon attached to an obSoleScent computing environment. The combination "ITS troglodyte" waS flung around Some during the USenet and e-mail wringle-wrangle attending the 2.x.x reviSion of the Jargon File at leaSt one of the people it waS intended to deScribe adopted it with pride. [Jargon File] (1995-01-11)