OT: FooBar (was Bad Factor)

[Gary Rathbone]

> >Now, if he would have said "foobar"
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> >another programmers term whose meaning i have been looking
> >for for years. Can you enlighten me?
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> Simply a universal variable used to represent a generic 
> contextual item... 
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When I was a student (a good few years ago) I was told the term originated
from the military, just as we us 'Snafu' now.
Basically, it’s a distorted version of 'F***ed Up Beyound All Recognition' -
or am I just being naïve ?

Regards

Gary Rathbone