Date: 20 Apr 1996 07:49:18 -0500 From: "Richard Wackerbarth" <rkw@dataplex.net> To: "Franz Hollerer" <eeg@telecom.at>, "freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: What means 'foo', 'majordomo'? Message-ID: <n1382135926.18172@Richard Wackerbarth>
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> 'foo' can mean everything. Is this right? 'foo' and 'bar' have come to replace 'x' and 'y' as generic variables. They derive from FUBAR (pronounced foo-bar) which is an acronym for F*cked Up Beyond All Recognition 'majordomo' is in my English dictionary. It derives from the Latin. major domus, and refers to "a man in charge of a great, royal, or noble household; the chief steward" In the computer context, it refers to a program that administers multiple mailing lists. It is "the man in charge of the lists" in that it automates functions which were previously done by humans.
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