A fictitous individual apparently responsible for much systems administration at the U of A Computing Services Department. Also used in various permutations as passwords and anything where a real name would be undesirable. Also considered by many at the U of A Computing Services Department to be a somewhat enigmatic figure, prompting the question by newbies, 'Who is Homer Noodleman?' Closely akin to the Keyser Soze phonomenon in The Usual Suspects. See also University of Arkansas