The heroic age of hackerdom (roughly, pre-1980) the era of the PDP-10, TECO, ITS and the ARPANET. This term has been rather consciously adopted from J. R. R. Tolkien' s fantasy epic "The Lord of the Rings". Compare Iron Age. See also elvish and Great Worm. [Jargon File]

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