:fish: [Adelaide University, Australia] n. 1. Another {metasyntactic
variable}. See {foo}. Derived originally 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
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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Related:
- fish n.
[Adelaide University, Australia] 1. Another
metasyntactic variable
See foo. Derived originall from the Monty Python... - thud: n. 1. Yet another {metasyntactic variable} (see {foo})
It is reported that at CMU from the mid-1970s the canonical... - garply: /gar'plee/ [Stanford] n. Another metasyntactic variable (see
{foo})
once popular among SAIL hackers. -- The AI Hackers... - 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... - flarp: /flarp/ [Rutgers University] n. Yet another {metasyntactic
variable} (see {foo})
Among those who use it, it is associated with a... - foobar: n. Another common {metasyntactic variable}
see {foo}. Hackers do *not* generally use this to... - bar: /bar/ n. 1. The second {metasyntactic variable}
after {foo} and before {baz}. "Suppose we have... - baz: /baz/ n. 1. The third {metasyntactic variable} "Suppose we
have three functions
FOO, BAR, and BAZ. FOO calls BAR, which calls BAZ... - corge: /korj/ [originally, the name of a cat] n. Yet another
{metasyntactic variable}
invented by Mike Gallaher and propagated by the...
