<![CDATA[Foo]]>An term used for unimportant variables in programming when the programmer is too lazy to think of an actual name. The origin of such word is described in detail in [RFC] 3092.

]]>https://definedictionarymeaning.com/topic/38027/fooRSS for NodeMon, 15 Jun 2026 16:15:55 GMTThu, 06 Apr 2017 14:08:32 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to Foo on Thu, 06 Apr 2017 14:14:52 GMT]]>Kung fu means skill from effort.
Kung foo means skill from bad-ass programming powers.

is used extensivly in php as a generic variable.

]]>https://definedictionarymeaning.com/post/70447https://definedictionarymeaning.com/post/70447Thu, 06 Apr 2017 14:14:52 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Foo on Fri, 25 Jun 2021 04:34:05 GMT]]>A word meaning fool, in the case of Mr. T

A commonly used programming variable, used when someone doesnt want to spend the time thinking up a real name for it.

A [metasyntactic variable] commonly used by coders.

Foo is often used in conjunction with the words [bar] [baz] and [qux]

]]>https://definedictionarymeaning.com/post/70446https://definedictionarymeaning.com/post/70446Fri, 25 Jun 2021 04:34:05 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Foo on Thu, 06 Apr 2017 14:14:52 GMT]]>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.

]]>https://definedictionarymeaning.com/post/70445https://definedictionarymeaning.com/post/70445Thu, 06 Apr 2017 14:14:52 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Foo on Thu, 06 Apr 2017 14:14:51 GMT]]>One of the default variables in programmers slang. See [bar].

]]>https://definedictionarymeaning.com/post/70444https://definedictionarymeaning.com/post/70444Thu, 06 Apr 2017 14:14:51 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Foo on Thu, 06 Apr 2017 14:14:51 GMT]]>A contracted version of the word fool.

The word origionated with Mr.T. Due to the extended contact with cheap substitute gold, he can no longer tell the difference between anybody he meets. In order to save himself the humiliation of asking who hes talking to, he simply refers to anyone and every one as foo or sucka.

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