foo

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foo (plural foos)

  1. (computing) A metasyntactic variable used to represent an unspecified entity. If part of a series of such entities, it is often the first in the series, and followed immediately by bar.
    Suppose we have two objects, foo and bar.
  2. (slang) Also foo’. Representation of fool (foolish person), in a Mr. T accent.

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Noun

foo (plural foos)

  1. foe

 

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