Why use "foo" in coding examples? [closed]

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Published on 2009-06-01T13:03:36Z Indexed on 2010/05/27 0:11 UTC
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To foo bar, or not to foo bar: that is the question.

Bit of a general question here, but it's something I would like to know!

Whenever I am looking for resolutions to my C# problems online, I always come across "foo" being used as an example. Does this represent anything or is it just one of those unexplained catchy object names, used by many people in examples?

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