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• bar: /bar/ n. 1. The second {metasyntactic variable}, after {foo} and before {baz}.
  Suppose we have two functions: FOO and BAR. FOO calls BAR....
• 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 discussion.
  The word foo is the canonical example. To avoid confusion, hackers never (well, hardly ever) use `foo' or other words like it as permanent names for anything....
• baz /baz/ n. 1. [common] The third metasyntactic variable "Suppose we have three functio
  F FOO calls BAR, which calls BAZ...." (See also fum) 2....
• baz: /baz/ n. 1. The third {metasyntactic variable} "Suppose we have three functio
  FOO, BAR, and BAZ. FOO calls BAR, which calls BAZ....
• 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 PARC. -- The AI Hackers Dictionary...
• 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....
• barney n. In Commonwealth hackish, `barney' is to fred (sense #1) as bar is to foo.
  That is, pe who commonly use `fred' as their first metasyntactic variable will often use `barney' second....
• barney: n. In Commonwealth hackish, `barney' is to {fred} (sense #1) as {bar} is to {foo}.
  That is, people who commonly use `fred' as their first metasyntactic variable will often use `barney' second....
• waldo /wol'doh/ n. [From Robert A. Heinlein's story "Waldo"] 1.
  A mechanical agent, such as a gripper arm, controlled by a human limb....