Xyzzy (computing)
Term in computing / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
For other uses, see Xyzzy (disambiguation). Not to be confused with Zzyzx.
In computing, Xyzzy is sometimes used as a metasyntactic variable or as a video game cheat code. Xyzzy comes from the Colossal Cave Adventure computer game, where it is the first "magic string" that most players encounter (others include "plugh" and "plover").[1]