fum n.
[XEROX PARC] At PARC, often the third of the
standard metasyntactic variables (after foo and
bar). Competes with baz, which is more common outside
PARC.
[XEROX PARC] At PARC, often the third of the
standard metasyntactic variables (after foo and
bar). Competes with baz, which is more common outside
PARC.
Related:
- fum: [XEROX PARC] n. At PARC, often the third of the standard
{metasyntactic variable}s (after {foo} and {bar}).
Competes with {baz}, which is more common outside... - 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... - PARC n.
See XEROX PARC... - baz /baz/ n.
1. [common] The third metasyntactic variable "Suppose we have three functions:
F FOO calls BAR, which calls BAZ...." (See also... - dirtball n.
[XEROX PARC] A small, perhaps struggling
outsider;
not in the major or even the minor leagues. For example... - baz: /baz/ n. 1. The third {metasyntactic variable} "Suppose we
have three functions:
FOO, BAR, and BAZ. FOO calls BAR, which calls BAZ... - qux /kwuhks/
The fourth of the standard metasyntactic variable,
after baz foo, bar, baz, quux quux, and many versions... - bar /bar/ n.
1. [very common] The second
metasyntactic variable,
after foo and before ...." 2. Often appended to foo... - bar: /bar/ n. 1. The second {metasyntactic variable},
after {foo} and before {baz}. "Suppose we have...
