metasyntactic variable

English

Noun

metasyntactic variable (plural metasyntactic variables)

(chiefly programming) A conventional variable name used for an unspecified entity whose exact nature depends on context.
Use metasyntactic variables like foo and bar when you need a name but the particular name doesn't matter.

Translations

in computing

Finnish: metasyntaktinen muuttuja

Swedish: metavariabel

See also

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