foo
by Wallis21 on Feb 21, 2020 23:51:52
A (presence/force/being/no one really knows) that is the biggest threat to our civilisation and could collapse all economies around the world in an instant. Luckily
the Foo fighters have been fighting
the foo and protecting our delicate social
constructs from this almighty enemy.
foo
by fooman99 on Nov 15, 2010 16:51:07
foo A
sample name for absolutely anything,
especially programs and
files (especially scratch files).
First on the standard list of metasyntactic variables used
in
syntax examples.
Example:
The terms
foobar, foo, bar, and
baz are sometimes used as placeholder names (also referred to as metasyntactic variables) in computer programming or computer-related documentation. They have been used to name entities such as variables, functions, and commands whose purpose is unimportant and serve only to demonstrate a concept. The words themselves have no meaning in this usage.
Foobar is sometimes used alone; foo, bar, and baz are sometimes used in that order, when multiple entities are needed.
foo
by "Niffshack" on Feb 21, 2005 05:44:57
1. A word meaning "fool", in the case of
Mr. T
2. A commonly used programming variable, used when someone doesn't want to spend the time thinking up a real name for it.
3. A
metasyntactic variable commonly used by coders.
Foo is often used in conjunction with the words bar baz and
qux