[1] : Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (Version 1.9, June 2002)

foobar
     ftp operation over big address records rfc 1639, ftp
     
     

[2] : Jargon File (4.3.1, 29 Jun 2001)

foobar n. very common another widely used metasyntactic variable;
   see foo for etymology. probably originally propagated through
   decsystem manuals by digital equipment corporation dec in 1960s and
   early 1970s; confirmed sightings there go back to 1972. hackers do _not_
   generally use this to mean fubar in either the slang or jargon sense.
   see also fred foobar. in rfc1639, "foobar" was made an abbreviation
   for "ftp operation over big address records", but this was an obvious
   backronym. it has been plausibly suggested that "foobar" spread among
   early computer engineers partly because of fubar and partly because "foo
   bar" parses in electronics techspeak as an inverted foo signal; if a
   digital signal is coded so that a positive voltage or high current
   condition represents a "1", then a horizontal bar is commonly placed
   over the signal label.


see also:
metasyntactic variable foo dec fubar fred foobar backronym 

[3] : The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03)

foobar
     
         another common metasyntactic variable; see foo.
        hackers do not generally use this to mean fubar in either
        the slang or jargon sense.
     
        according to a german correspondent, the term was coined
        during ww2 by allied troops who could not pronounce the german
        word "furchtbar" horrible, terrible, awful.
     
        jargon file
     
        2003-07-03
     
     
see also:
metasyntactic variable foo fubar jargon file 

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