- A
metasyntactic variable is a
specific word or set of
words identified as a
placeholder in
computer science and
specifically computer programming. These...
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foobar (/ˈfuːbɑːr/), foo, bar, baz, qux, quux, and
others are used as
metasyntactic variables and
placeholder names in
computer programming or computer-related...
- In computing,
Xyzzy is
sometimes used as a
metasyntactic variable or as a
video game
cheat code.
Xyzzy comes from the
Colossal Cave
Adventure computer...
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standard test
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Europan lingues –
Placeholder text in
Interlingue Metasyntactic variable –
Placeholder term used in
computer science Pangram – Sentence...
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references appear frequently in
Python code and culture; for example, the
metasyntactic variables often used in
Python literature are spam and eggs instead...
- in C++
templates and Java
generics .
TypeParameter is
similar to a
metasyntactic variable (e.g., foo and bar), but distinct. It is not the name of a...
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magic word from the
Colossal Cave
Adventure computer game,
later a
metasyntactic variable or a
video game
cheat code
Xyzzy (mnemonic),
memory trick used...
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abbreviate the word temporary, such as temp, tmp or
simply t, or with
common metasyntactic variable names, the most
common of
which are foo, bar, baz (see also...
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jarringly out of context,
intentional or not. It is
sometimes used as a
metasyntactic variable in programming.
Fnord appears in the
Church of the SubGenius...
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Tibet Autonomous Region qux (computer science), a
commonly defined metasyntactic variable Qux (programming), a
common placeholder name QUX (radiotelegraphy)...
