[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

fred \fred\ fre^d, n. as. frieth peace. see frith
   inclosure.
   peace; -- a word used in composition, especially in proper
   names; as, alfred; frederic.
   1913 webster
see also:
frith 

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

fred n. 1. the personal name most frequently used as a metasyntactic
   variable see foo. allegedly popular because it's easy for a
   non-touch-typist to type on a standard qwerty keyboard. in great
   britain, `fred', `jim' and `sheila' are common metasyntactic variables
   because their uppercase versions were _official_ names given to the 3
   memory areas that held i/o status registers on the lovingly-remembered
   bbc microcomputer it is reported that sheila was poked the most
   often. unlike j. random hacker or `j. random loser', the name `fred'
   has no positive or negative loading but see dr. fred mbogo. see also
   barney. 2. an acronym for `flipping ridiculous electronic device';
   other f-verbs may be substituted for `flipping'.


see also:
metasyntactic variable foo j. random hacker dr. fred mbogo barney 

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

fred
     
        robert carr.  language used by framework, ashton-tate.
     
        jargon file
     
     
see also:
jargon file 

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

fred
     
        1. the personal name most frequently used as a metasyntactic
        variable see foo.  allegedly popular because it's easy
        for a non-touch-typist to type on a standard qwerty keyboard.
        unlike j. random hacker or "j. random loser", this name has
        no positive or negative loading but see mbogo, dr. fred.
        see also barney.
     
        2. an acronym for "flipping ridiculous electronic device";
        other f-verbs may be substituted for "flipping".
     
     
see also:
metasyntactic variable foo j. random hacker mbogo, dr. fred barney 

[5] : U.S. Gazetteer (1990)

fred, tx
  zip codes: 77616

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