Fuzzball

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From Jargon File (4.3.1, 29 Jun 2001) [jargon]:

  fuzzball n. [TCP/IP hackers] 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 as late as
     mid-1993, doing odd jobs such as network time service.


  
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From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:

  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)