FOOBAR

Meaning of FOOBAR in English

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FOOBAR — A programer's placeholder. Used in examples to fill in for the name of something that isn't important to the example: …
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FOOBAR — < jargon > Another common metasyntactic variable ; see foo . Hackers do *not* generally use this to mean FUBAR …
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FOOBAR — [very common] Another widely used metasyntactic variable ; see foo for etymology. Probably originally propagated through DECsystem manuals by Digital …
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FRED FOOBAR — J. Random Hacker 's cousin. Any typical human being, more or less synomous with `someone' except that Fred Foobar can …
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WALDO — /wol'doh/ [Robert A. Heinlein's story "Waldo"] 1. A mechanical agent, such as a gripper arm, controlled by a human limb. …
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TRUE HACKER — < person > (By analogy with "trufan" from SF fandom) One who exemplifies the primary values of hacker culture, especially …
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QUUX — /kwuhks/ [Mythically, from the Latin semi-deponent verb quuxo, quuxare, quuxandum iri; noun form variously "quux" (plural "quuces", anglicised to "quuxes") …
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METASYNTACTIC VARIABLE — < grammar > Strictly, a variable used in metasyntax , but often used for any name used in examples and …
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KLUGE — < jargon > /klooj/, /kluhj/ (From German "klug" /kloog/ - clever and Scottish " kludge ") 1. A Rube Goldberg …
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JARGON
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FOO — < jargon > /foo/ A sample name for absolutely anything, especially programs and files (especially scratch files ). First on …
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BRAIN DUMP — (The act of telling someone) everything one knows about a particular topic. Typically used when someone is going to let …
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BAR — 1. < programming , convention > /bar/ The second metasyntactic variable , after foo and before baz . E.g. "Suppose …
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FUBAR
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WALDO — [From Robert A. Heinlein's story "Waldo"] 1. A mechanical agent, such as a gripper arm, controlled by a human limb. …
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TRUE-HACKER — [analogy with `trufan' from SF fandom] One who exemplifies the primary values of hacker culture, esp. competence and helpfulness to …
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QUUX — [Mythically, from the Latin semi-deponent verb quuxo, quuxare, quuxandum iri; noun form variously `quux' (plural `quuces', anglicized to `quuxes') and …
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METASYNTACTIC VARIABLE — A name used in examples and understood to stand for whatever thing is under discussion, or any random member of …
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BRAIN DUMP — [common] The act of telling someone everything one knows about a particular topic or project. Typically used when someone is …
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BAR — 1. [very common] The second metasyntactic variable , after foo and before baz . "Suppose we have two functions: FOO …
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J. RANDOM HACKER — [very common] A mythical figure like the Unknown Soldier; the archetypal hacker nerd. This term is one of the oldest …
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FUBAR — The Failed UniBus Address Register in a VAX. A good example of how jargon can occasionally be snuck past the …
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DR. FRED MBOGO — [Stanford] The archetypal man you don't want to see about a problem, esp. an incompetent professional; a shyster. "Do you …
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BLOGGS FAMILY — An imaginary family consisting of Fred and Mary Bloggs and their children. Used as a standard example in knowledge representation …
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FUBAR — Acronym for Fouled Up Beyond .All recognition (or other less polite forms ) by a person giving a commentary on …
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