fuzzball

from The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (8 July 2008)
fuzzball

   A {DEC} {LSI-11} running a particular suite of homebrewed
   software written by Dave Mills and assorted co-conspirators,
   used in the early 1980s for {Internet} {protocol} testbedding
   and experimentation.  These were used as {NSFnet} {backbone}
   sites in its early 56KB-line days.  A few were still active on
   the {Internet} in early 1991, doing odd jobs such as network
   time service.

   [{Jargon File}]

   (1994-12-05)
    

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