troglodyte
:troglodyte: n. [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 email
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 Version 4.3.1, 29 JUN 2001 =
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