Foobar, and sometimes foo and bar separately, are common placeholder names in computing.[1]
Foobars have been used to name variables, functions, and commands whose exact identity is unimportant. For example, a JavaScript tutorial might explain that two variables can be created at once with the code var foo, bar = 5. It's a lot like the placeholder letters x and y in algebra.
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