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Asked: June 1, 20262026-06-01T13:13:10+00:00 2026-06-01T13:13:10+00:00

Possible Duplicate: What does 'foo' really mean? I hope it is not the most

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What does 'foo' really mean?

I hope it is not the most stupid question ever.

Whenever I read about javascript, I see people use the word FOO.

Where does this word come from?

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    2026-06-01T13:13:12+00:00Added an answer on June 1, 2026 at 1:13 pm

    as per wiki

    The terms foobar /ˈfʊːbɑː/, fubar, or foo, bar, baz and qux (alternatively quux) are sometimes used as placeholder names (also referred to as metasyntactic variables) in computer programming or computer-related documentation.[1]

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foobar

    http://catb.org/jargon/html/F/foo.html

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