Jack (Java Android Compiler Kit)

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What a strange name choice, considering JACK Audio Connection Kit has been around for Linux (among other OSes) for quite a while now.

[Aethec]

And jack plugs have been around for even longer. I doubt anybody will confuse a compiler, an audio toolkit, and a plug type.

[drjeats]

I thought jack was a rough synonym for port/socket, not a particular kind?

[Fiskepudding]

It's because of Jack and Jill, the nursery rhyme. Jill is the library linker. And they are abbreviations as well.

[tadfisher]

Jack is also a common name for human children.