everything you ever wanted to know about foo but were afraid to ask is at http://tuxedo.org/jargon/html/entry/foo.html
-jdr- On Wednesday 25 September 2002 10:38 am, Mr. James W. Laferriere wrote: > Hello All , Not to prolong this threads death ... > > FUBAR , Old Military (& others) Fouled Up Beyond All Recognition > A less polite word was used in the original > then too: > > foobar , To attempt to loose the 'Fouled' because of the less > polite word was used in the original > then too: > > foo , for short . > > On Wed, 25 Sep 2002, pa3gcu wrote: > > On Wednesday 25 September 2002 13:23, Paul Kraus wrote: > > > What does foo stand for. It is used everywhere. I understand its just a > > > placeholder for the file name or what ever is pertinent to the context > > > it is used but I would still like to know what it means. > > > > I did read somewhere one that it was NIX terminoligy back when Unix was > > very young, FOOBAR , it got turned into /foo/bar as an "example" nothing > > more AFAIK. > > foo@bar is also seen sometimes, cant quite remember where tho. > > > > > Paul Kraus > > > Network Administrator > > > PEL Supply Company > > > 216.267.5775 Voice > > > 216-267-6176 Fax > > > www.pelsupply.com > > > > -- > > Regards Richard > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > http://people.zeelandnet.nl/pa3gcu/ > > > > - > > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-newbie" > > in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html > > Please read the FAQ at http://www.linux-learn.org/faqs > > +------------------------------------------------------------------+ > > | James W. Laferriere | System Techniques | Give me VMS | > | Network Engineer | P.O. Box 854 | Give me Linux | > | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | Coudersport PA 16915 | only on AXP | > > +------------------------------------------------------------------+ > > - > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-newbie" in > the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html > Please read the FAQ at http://www.linux-learn.org/faqs - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-newbie" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.linux-learn.org/faqs
