Metasyntactic variable
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A metasyntactic variable is a specific word or set of words identified as a placeholder in computer science and specifically computer programming. These words are commonly found in source code and are intended to be modified or substituted before real-world usage. The words foo and bar are good examples as they are used in over 330 Internet Engineering Task Force Requests for Comments, the documents which define foundational internet technologies like HTTP (web), TCP/IP, and email protocols.
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See also
- Metavariable (logic)
- xyzzy
- Alice and Bob
- John Doe
- Fnord
- Free variables and bound variables
- Gadget
- Lorem ipsum
- Nonce word
- Placeholder name
- Widget
- Smurf
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