What does ‘foo’ really mean? [closed]

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See: RFC 3092: Etymology of “Foo”, D. Eastlake 3rd et al.

Quoting only the relevant definitions from that RFC for brevity:

  1. Used very generally as a sample name for absolutely anything, esp.
    programs and files (esp. scratch files).
  1. First on the standard list of metasyntactic variables used in
    syntax examples (bar, baz, qux, quux, corge, grault, garply,
    waldo, fred, plugh, xyzzy, thud). [JARGON]

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