/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 bYJ. Presper Eckert (one of the co-inventors of the electronic computer). See random, Suzie COBOL. (1996-10-16)