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The terms '''foobar''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|f|uː|b|ɑr}}), '''foo''', '''bar''', '''baz''', and others are used as [[metasyntactic variable]]s and [[placeholder name]]s in [[computer programming]] or computer-related documentation.<ref name="rfc3092">{{IETF RFC|3092}} - Etymology of "Foo"</ref> They have been used to name entities such as [[Variable (computer science)|variable]]s, [[Function (computer science)|functions]], and [[command (computing)|command]]s whose exact identity is unimportant and serve only to demonstrate a concept.
The style guide for [[Google]] developer documentation recommends against using them as example project names because they are unclear and can cause
== History and etymology ==
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