Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!seismo!lll-crg!ames!ucbcad!ucbvax!decvax!tektronix!teklds!athena!mikem From: mikem@athena.UUCP (Michael E. Meyer) Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions Subject: Re: What is foo? Message-ID: <848@athena.UUCP> Date: Tue, 16-Dec-86 16:13:00 EST Article-I.D.: athena.848 Posted: Tue Dec 16 16:13:00 1986 Date-Received: Thu, 18-Dec-86 00:16:51 EST References: <640@cullvax.UUCP> <1813@ncoast.UUCP> <1162@genrad.UUCP> Reply-To: mikem@athena.UUCP (Michael E. Meyer) Organization: Tektronix, Inc., Beaverton, OR. Lines: 20 Gee, I thought about responding to the original question, but thought everybody must surely know... For some computivia: Foo (I believe) came from "fubar" which was coined during Project MAC (Multics development) at MIT. It means: F...... Up Beyond All Reason ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ Somehow it was changed to FOObar. Don't know why, but perhaps someone else can elaborate OR correct me. Michael E. Meyer (503) 629-1553 Product Manager, Data Management Products CAE Systems Division TEKTRONIX, Inc P.O. Box 4600, DS 92-824 Beaverton, OR USA 97076