Foobar - Definition and Overview

Foobar is:

• The association of two metasyntactic variables: Foo and Bar. These variables are often used in computer programming examples. It is also a phonetic spelling of the army acronym FUBAR.

• foobar2000 is a free media player for Windows. It has a minimal style GUI focusing its features on the player itself.

External links

• The Jargon File entry on foobar (http://www.catb.org/~esr/jargon/html/F/foobar.html)
• RFC article on origin and usage of foobar (http://www.faqs.org/rfcs/rfc3092.html)