A metasyntactic variable is a specific word or set of words identified as a placeholder in computer science and specifically computer programming. These...

used as metasyntactic variables in computer programming or computer-related documentation. They have been used to name entities such as variables, functions...

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...

metasyntactic variable (e.g., foo and bar), but distinct. It is not the name of a generic type variable, but the name of a generic type of variable....

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 recruitment...

test image Li Europan lingues – Placeholder text in Interlingue Metasyntactic variable – Placeholder term used in computer science Pangram – Sentence using...

Free variable, a symbol subsequently replaced by a value or string. Interpoled variable of a string interpolation process. Metasyntactic variable, a placeholder...

category on Nonce terms by language. Hapax legomenon Literary nonsense Metasyntactic variable Placeholder name Pseudoword Sniglet Foobar Glokaya kuzdra Gostak...

magic word from the Colossal Cave Adventure computer game, later a metasyntactic variable or a video game cheat code Xyzzy (mnemonic), memory trick used in...

Tibet Autonomous Region qux (computer science), a commonly defined metasyntactic variable Qux (programming), a common placeholder name QUX (radiotelegraphy)...

BYD Auto The lowest tornado intensity on the Fujita scale Foo, a metasyntactic variable FO (disambiguation), or Fo 0F (disambiguation) This disambiguation...

Shanghai Metal Exchange Synthetic human-made environment shme, a metasyntactic variable This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title...

the theorems of the system. A metavariable (or metalinguistic or metasyntactic variable) is a symbol or set of symbols in a metalanguage which stands for...

and other licensed Mad products. It also sees occasional use as a metasyntactic variable by hackers. A typical appearance of the word is exemplified by the...

effect, ability for an aircraft to stand still in the air hoge, a metasyntactic variable (placeholder in computer science) commonly used in Japan (Japanese...

appear frequently in Python code and culture; for example, the metasyntactic variables often used in Python literature are spam and eggs, rather than...

not relevant to the topic of discussion. Acme Corporation Gadget Metasyntactic variable Widget, Econmodel, 2008, accessed 13 November 2008 from EconModel...

\ \blacksquare \ast } " (where " ∗ {\displaystyle \ast } " is a metasyntactic variable standing for a finite string of " ◼ {\displaystyle \blacksquare...

giving rise to the somewhat frequent use of Fred and Barney as metasyntactic variables, rather than the classic foo and bar. Brad Morrey, reviewing the...

oscillation of primarily just the steerable wheel(s) of a vehicle A metasyntactic variable, commonly used alongside wibble, wubble, and flob Wobble (Wesleyan...

Bust (FLoB), an online gaming video series flob, a commonly used metasyntactic variable, usually found alongside wibble, wobble, and wubble This disambiguation...

of the order Chiroptera. Bat or The Bat may also refer to: Bat (metasyntactic variable), a placeholder name The Bat!, an email client by RitLabs for Microsoft...

variables are usually named with identifiers that abbreviate the word temporary, such as temp, tmp or simply t, or with common metasyntactic variable...

named after Monty Python, prefers to use spam, ham, and eggs as metasyntactic variables, instead of the traditional foo, bar and baz. The Japanese anime...

refer to: Wubble-U, a British dance music group A commonly used metasyntactic variable, alongside wibble, wobble, and flob Wubble (WNBA 2020 season) "Wubble...

Wibble (1943–2000), Swedish minister of finance A commonly used metasyntactic variable, alongside wubble and wobble This disambiguation page lists articles...

денег" ("<Someone> spent that much [irrelevant how much] money") Metasyntactic variable Dummy pronoun Elena Klyachko, "Functions of placeholder words in...

logic) Logical consequence Löwenheim–Skolem theorem Metalanguage Metasyntactic variable Metatheorem Object language – see metalanguage Symbol (formal) Type–token...

both names appear on the map. "Argle" is also a somewhat common metasyntactic variable, the kind of placeholder names used by computer programmers[citation...

Army slang acronym, FUBAR. Both foo and bar are commonly used as metasyntactic variables. Framework – The word "framework" originates from the field of...