Mail from ILUG-BOM list (Non-Digest Mode) _______________________________________________ amarg said: > Can someone let me know, what do the words foo, bar, and foobar stand for foo and bar are the two parts of foobar, which is how you pronounce fubar, which stands for F**ked Up Beyond All Recognition. > I know that their origin is in the Usenets, but _NO_ book No, the origin is not usenet, it is source code written by some of the early MIT, CMU and Caltech hackers, but is most likely navy slang. I remember several friends who work at sea using this, and they are pretty much computer illiterate. It is mentioned in books, in particular, the New Hacker's Dictionary - maintained by Eric S Raymond and published by O'Reilley. The online version is available at any of the sites already mentioned in this thread. Philip _______________________________________________ Website: http://www.ilug-bom.org.in/ Linuxers mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://ilug-bom.org.in/mailman/listinfo/linuxers CHAT: irc.ilug-bom.org.in
