foobar

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Definition of foobar in English English dictionary

A serious mistake

A metasyntactic variable name, a place holder for words; compare foo, bar

(Bilgisayar) 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

Synonyms

bar, baz, corge, foo, fred, garply, grault, plugh, quux, qux, thud, waldo, whatchamacallit, wombat, x

Etymology

() Phonetic spelling of “FUBAR”, an acronym for “Fucked up beyond all recognition”.