What’s Foo Bar Baz?

“Foo bar baz” are placeholder names used in computer programming, with “foo” possibly originating from comics and cartoons. “Foobar” may come from the WWII acronym “fubar”. These terms are part of a special category of placeholder names known as metasyntactic variables. Foo bar baz are placeholder names used in computer programming to fill in unknown, […]

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