Source : Free On-Line Dictionary of Computing

J. Random Hacker
     
         /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)