(jargon)Another common metasyntactic variable; see foo.Hackers do *not* generally use this to mean FUBAR in eitherthe slang or jargon sense.
According to a german correspondent, the term was coinedduring WW2 by allied troops who could not pronounce the germanword "furchtbar" (horrible, terrible, awful).
FOOBAR
Acronym
Definition
FOOBAR➣see FUBAR
FOOBAR➣Ftp Operation over Big Address Records
FOOBAR➣FTP Operation Over Big Address Records (RFC 1639)