J. Random Hacker /J rand'm hak'r/ n.
[very common] A
mythical figure like the Unknown Soldier; the archetypal hacker
nerd. This term is one of the oldest in the jargon, apparently
going back to MIT in the 1960s. See random, Suzie COBOL. T
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 also Fred Foobar.
[very common] A
mythical figure like the Unknown Soldier; the archetypal hacker
nerd. This term is one of the oldest in the jargon, apparently
going back to MIT in the 1960s. See random, Suzie COBOL. T
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 also Fred Foobar.
Related:
- J. Random Hacker: [MIT] /J rand'm hak'r/ n. A mythical figure
like the Unknown Soldier;
the archetypal hacker nerd. See {random}, {Suzie... - J. Random /J rand'm/ n.
[common; generalized from
J.
Random Hacker] Arbitrary; ordinary; any one; any old... - J. Random: /J rand'm/ n. [generalized from {J. Random Hacker}]
Arbitrary;
ordinary; any one; any old. `J. Random' is often ... - Fred Foobar n.
J. Random Hacker's cousin. Any
typical human being,
more or less synomous with `someone' except that... - fred: n. 1. The personal name most frequently used as a
{metasyntactic variable} (see {foo}).
Allegedly popular because it's easy for a non-touch... - fred n.
1. The personal name most frequently used as a
metasyntactic variable (see foo).
Allegedly popular because it's easy for a non-touch... - foobar n.
[very common] Another widely used
metasyntactic variable;
see foo for etymology. Prob originally propagated... - JR[LN]: /J-R-L/, /J-R-N/ n. The names JRL and JRN were
sometimes used as example names when discussing a kind of user ID
used under {{TOPS-10}} and {WAITS};
they were understood to be the initials of (fictitious)... - metasyntactic variable n.
A name used in examples and
understood to stand for whatever thing is under discussion,
or any random member of a class of things under...
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- alpha geek n.
[from animal ethologists' `alpha
male'] The most technically accomplished or skillful person in some
implied context.
"Ask Larry, he's the alpha geek here... - Microsoft
The new Evil Empire (the old one was
IBM).
The basic complaints are, as formerly with IBM, that... - drain v.
[IBM] Syn. for flush (sense 2). Has a
connotation of finality about it;
one speaks of draining a device before taking it... - codes n.
[scientific computing] Programs. This usage is common
in people who hack supercomputers and heavy-duty
number-crunching,
rare to unknown elsewhere (if you say "codes" to... - WIMP environment n.
[acronym: `Window, Icon, Menu,
Pointing device (or Pull-down menu)'] A graphical...
