fish n.
[Adelaide University, Australia] 1. Another
metasyntactic variable. See foo. Derived originall
from the Monty Python skit in the middle of "The Meaning of
Life" entitled "Find the Fish". 2. A pun for `microfiche'.
A microfiche file cabinet may be referred to as a `fish tank'.
[Adelaide University, Australia] 1. Another
metasyntactic variable. See foo. Derived originall
from the Monty Python skit in the middle of "The Meaning of
Life" entitled "Find the Fish". 2. A pun for `microfiche'.
A microfiche file cabinet may be referred to as a `fish tank'.
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variable}
See {foo}. Derived originally from the Monty Python... - metasyntactic variable n.
A name used in examples and
understood to stand for whatever thing is under discussion
or any random member of a class of things under... - thud n.
1. Yet another metasyntactic variable (see
foo)
It is reported that at CMU from the mid-1970s the ... - thud: n. 1. Yet another {metasyntactic variable} (see {foo})
It is reported that at CMU from the mid-1970s the canonical... - garply /gar'plee/ n.
[Stanford] Another metasyntactic
variable (see foo)
once popular among SAIL hackers... - bar /bar/ n.
1. [very common] The second
metasyntactic variable
after foo and before ...." 2. Often appended to foo... - MICROFICHE n
Plankton... - No fish in the tank
This leads to misfortune... - baz: /baz/ n. 1. The third {metasyntactic variable} "Suppose we
have three functions
FOO, BAR, and BAZ. FOO calls BAR, which calls BAZ...
