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> Can someone let me know, what do the words foo, bar, and
> foobar stand for, or rather signify.
> I know that their origin is in the Usenets, but _NO_ book
> (at least the ones I have read)
> could supply me the info regarding their meaning.
ASAIK these words signify nothing
but for your sake you can check the jargon
http://info.astrian.net/jargon/terms/f.html#foo
Another jargon file giving another meanin :-)
http://www.cco.caltech.edu/~erich/misc/jargon
check wht programmers manual says bout them
http://kiwi.emse.fr/MOO/ProgrammersManual.txt
Hackers dictionary (humour)
http://kurtz.tcimet.net/humor/f/hacker.html
Ranjeet
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