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what is foo? I have seen it in many CSS and Web designing examples [duplicate]

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What is foo? I have seen it in many CSS and Web designing examples usually as a CSS class.

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Web_Designer Avatar asked Feb 28 '11 07:02

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What is Foo CSS?

"Foo" and "Bar" are names for variables, classes, whatever that have no meaning and are often used in examples.

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foo is used as a place-holder name, usually in example code to signify that the object being named, or the choice of name, is not part of the crux of the example. foo is often followed by bar , baz , and even bundy , if more than one such name is needed.

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see 'foo' entry in jargon file.

http://www.catb.org/jargon/html/F/foo.html

esp. 2. [very common] Used very generally as a sample name for absolutely anything, esp. programs and files (esp. scratch files).

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Brandon Frohbieter Avatar answered Oct 11 '22 19:10

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