Foo - I seek a definition...

Can someone tell me what a "Foo" is? Do I have one? Do I need one? If I do have one, do I need a wrench to replace it? Will it last the whole biking season? Does it affect my stand over height? Must I lube it?

Matty in Brooklyn

Spend about a week here and the definition becomes apparent.

Foo is a metasyntactic variable (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metasyntactic_variable) used heavily in computer science (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_science) to represent concepts abstractly (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abstraction_%28computer_science%29) and can be used to represent any part of a complicated system or idea including the data (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Data), variables (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Variables), functions (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Functions), and commands (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commands) just to name a few. Foo is commonly used with the metasyntactic variables bar (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bar) and foobar (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foobar). The word foo itself has no meaning and is merely a commonly used logical representation that is used much like the letters 'X' and 'Y' in algebra (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Algebra).
Foo has entered the English language as a neologism (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neologism) due to its popularity in describing concepts in computer science and is considered by many to be the canonical (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canonical) example of a metasyntactic variable. It is used extensively in computer programming (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_programming) examples and pseudocode (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pseudocode).



just kidding!


Wow you are a genius:eek: .

Wow you are a genius:eek: .

He is NOT a genius! I looked on wiki too before I asked! :D

Matty in Brooklyn

He is NOT a genius! I looked on wiki too before I asked! :D

Matty in Brooklyn

Well that stinks:( , who want's to play hide and seek?:rolleyes: .

Well that stinks:( , who want's to play hide and seek?:rolleyes: .

Well, that depends on what your hiding!:eek:

Matty in Brooklyn

Well, that depends on what your hiding!:eek:

Matty in Brooklyn

Good point.

Foo is also spelled Fu.








I'm Asian.

Foo is a state of mind, a way of being. Foo is an almost zen-like transcendence of all the shiat that is life. Foo is good medicine for a troubled soul.

Foo is relaxation and an escape from anything that troubles you.

Foo isn't a thing, it's a state of being. Zenlike without the tranquility.

EDIT: Dayum vVV, ya beat me to it. :beer:

Foo is good medicine for a troubled soul.

Or a deadly poison for a perfectly healthy soul, depending on how you look at it.

All this and more can be yours for just 10 easy payments of $69.95.