:fred: n. 1. The personal name most frequently used as a
{metasyntactic variable} (see {foo}). Allegedly popular
because it's easy for a non-touch-typist to type on a standard
QWERTY keyboard. Unlike {J. Random Hacker} or `J. Random
Loser', this name has no positive or negative loading (but see
{Mbogo, Dr. Fred}). See also {barney}. 2. An acronym for
`Flipping Ridiculous Electronic Device'; other F-verbs may be
substituted for `flipping'.
-- The AI Hackers Dictionary
{metasyntactic variable} (see {foo}). Allegedly popular
because it's easy for a non-touch-typist to type on a standard
QWERTY keyboard. Unlike {J. Random Hacker} or `J. Random
Loser', this name has no positive or negative loading (but see
{Mbogo, Dr. Fred}). See also {barney}. 2. An acronym for
`Flipping Ridiculous Electronic Device'; other F-verbs may be
substituted for `flipping'.
-- The AI Hackers Dictionary
Related:
- fred n.
1. The personal name most frequently used as a
metasyntactic variable (see foo)
Allegedly popular because it's easy for a non-touch... - 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... - J. Random Hacker: [MIT] /J rand'm hak'r/ n. A mythical figure
like the Unknown Soldier
the archetypal hacker nerd. See {random}, {Suzie... - Fred Foobar n.
J. Random Hacker's cousin. Any
typical human being
more or less synomous with `someone' except that... - J. Random: /J rand'm/ n. [generalized from {J. Random Hacker}]
Arbitrary
ordinary; any one; any old. `J. Random' is often ... - bit-paired keyboard n.,obs.
(alt. `bit-shift
keyboard') A non-standard keyboard layout that seems to have
originated with the Teletype ASR-33 and remained common for several
years on early computer equipment
The ASR-33 was a mechanical device (see EOU), so... - J. Random Hacker /J rand'm hak'r/ n.
[very common] A
mythical figure like the Unknown Soldier
the archetypal hacker nerd. This term is one of... - Mbogo, Dr. Fred: /*m-boh'goh, dok'tr fred/ [Stanford] n
The archetypal man you don't want to see about a... - foo /foo/
1. interj. Term of disgust. 2. [very
common] Used very generally as a sample name for absolutely
anything
esp. programs and files (esp. scratch files). 3. First...
