Foobar

The terms foobar (/ˈfuːbɑːr/), foo, bar, baz, qux, quux,[1] and others are used as metasyntactic variables and placeholder names in computer programming or computer-related documentation.

[5] Holman states that he used the word due to having seen it on the bottom of a jade Chinese figurine in San Francisco Chinatown, purportedly signifying "good luck".

[2] In the complex model system, there were scram switches located at numerous places around the room that could be thrown if something undesirable was about to occur, such as a train moving at full power towards an obstruction.

Because of this, an entry in the 1959 Dictionary of the TMRC Language went something like this: "FOO: The first syllable of the misquoted sacred chant phrase 'foo mane padme hum.'

Displays "FOO" on the clock when used.Foobar was used as a variable name in the Fortran code of Colossal Cave Adventure (1977 Crowther and Woods version).