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

waldo /wol'doh/ n. from robert a. heinlein's story "waldo" 1. a
   mechanical agent, such as a gripper arm, controlled by a human limb.
   when these were developed for the nuclear industry in the mid-1940s they
   were named after the invention described by heinlein in the story, which
   he wrote in 1942. now known by the more generic term `telefactoring',
   this technology is of intense interest to nasa for tasks like space
   station maintenance. 2. at harvard particularly by tom cheatham and
   students, this is used instead of foobar as a metasyntactic variable
   and general nonsense word. see foo, bar, foobar, quux.


see also:
foobar foo bar quux 

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

waldo
     
        /wol'doh/ robert a. heinlein's story "waldo" 1. a mechanical
        agent, such as a gripper arm, controlled by a human limb.
        when these were developed for the nuclear industry in the
        mid-1940s they were named after the invention described by
        heinlein in the story, which he wrote in 1942.  now known by
        the more generic term "telefactoring", this technology is of
        intense interest to nasa for tasks like space station
        maintenance.
     
        2. at harvard particularly by tom cheatham and students,
        this is used instead of foobar as a metasyntactic variable
        and general nonsense word.  see foo, bar, foobar,
        quux.
     
        jargon file
     
     
see also:
foobar foo bar quux jargon file 

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

waldo, al town, fips 79488
  location: 33.39087 n, 86.03539 w
  population 1990: 309 115 housing units
  area: 7.3 sq km land, 0.1 sq km water
waldo, ar city, fips 72350
  location: 33.35247 n, 93.29532 w
  population 1990: 1495 669 housing units
  area: 5.7 sq km land, 0.0 sq km water
  zip codes: 71770
waldo, fl city, fips 74925
  location: 29.79055 n, 82.17166 w
  population 1990: 1017 491 housing units
  area: 4.0 sq km land, 0.0 sq km water
  zip codes: 32694
waldo, ks city, fips 74575
  location: 39.12015 n, 98.79750 w
  population 1990: 57 45 housing units
  area: 1.0 sq km land, 0.0 sq km water
  zip codes: 67673
waldo, ky
  zip codes: 41632
waldo, oh village, fips 80500
  location: 40.46159 n, 83.08557 w
  population 1990: 340 151 housing units
  area: 1.7 sq km land, 0.0 sq km water
  zip codes: 43356
waldo, wi village, fips 83100
  location: 43.67559 n, 87.94654 w
  population 1990: 442 155 housing units
  area: 2.2 sq km land, 0.1 sq km water
  zip codes: 53093

[4] : U.S. Gazetteer Counties (2000)

waldo -- u.s. county in maine
   population 2000:    36280
   housing units 2000: 18904
   land area 2000:     729.728767 sq. miles 1889.988750 sq. km
   water area 2000:    123.013378 sq. miles 318.603172 sq. km
   total area 2000:    852.742145 sq. miles 2208.591922 sq. km
   located within:       maine me, fips 23
   location:             44.474743 n, 69.117983 w
   headwords:
    waldo
    waldo, me
    waldo county
    waldo county, me

[5] : U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000)

waldo, wi -- u.s. village in wisconsin
   population 2000:    450
   housing units 2000: 174
   land area 2000:     0.849863 sq. miles 2.201134 sq. km
   water area 2000:    0.034779 sq. miles 0.090077 sq. km
   total area 2000:    0.884642 sq. miles 2.291211 sq. km
   fips code:            83100
   located within:       wisconsin wi, fips 55
   location:             43.675585 n, 87.946636 w
   zip codes 1990:     53093
   note: some zip codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
   headwords:
    waldo, wi
    waldo

[6] : U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000)

waldo, ar -- u.s. city in arkansas
   population 2000:    1594
   housing units 2000: 749
   land area 2000:     2.212800 sq. miles 5.731125 sq. km
   water area 2000:    0.000000 sq. miles 0.000000 sq. km
   total area 2000:    2.212800 sq. miles 5.731125 sq. km
   fips code:            72350
   located within:       arkansas ar, fips 05
   location:             33.351944 n, 93.294372 w
   zip codes 1990:     71770
   note: some zip codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
   headwords:
    waldo, ar
    waldo

[7] : U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000)

waldo, fl -- u.s. city in florida
   population 2000:    821
   housing units 2000: 407
   land area 2000:     1.719481 sq. miles 4.453435 sq. km
   water area 2000:    0.000000 sq. miles 0.000000 sq. km
   total area 2000:    1.719481 sq. miles 4.453435 sq. km
   fips code:            74925
   located within:       florida fl, fips 12
   location:             29.789831 n, 82.170881 w
   zip codes 1990:     32694
   note: some zip codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
   headwords:
    waldo, fl
    waldo

[8] : U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000)

waldo, oh -- u.s. village in ohio
   population 2000:    332
   housing units 2000: 153
   land area 2000:     0.650403 sq. miles 1.684535 sq. km
   water area 2000:    0.000000 sq. miles 0.000000 sq. km
   total area 2000:    0.650403 sq. miles 1.684535 sq. km
   fips code:            80500
   located within:       ohio oh, fips 39
   location:             40.458481 n, 83.078054 w
   zip codes 1990:     43356
   note: some zip codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
   headwords:
    waldo, oh
    waldo

[9] : U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000)

waldo, ks -- u.s. city in kansas
   population 2000:    48
   housing units 2000: 32
   land area 2000:     0.381064 sq. miles 0.986950 sq. km
   water area 2000:    0.000000 sq. miles 0.000000 sq. km
   total area 2000:    0.381064 sq. miles 0.986950 sq. km
   fips code:            74575
   located within:       kansas ks, fips 20
   location:             39.120162 n, 98.797863 w
   zip codes 1990:     67673
   note: some zip codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
   headwords:
    waldo, ks
    waldo

[10] : U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000)

waldo, al -- u.s. town in alabama
   population 2000:    281
   housing units 2000: 114
   land area 2000:     2.841983 sq. miles 7.360703 sq. km
   water area 2000:    0.027533 sq. miles 0.071309 sq. km
   total area 2000:    2.869516 sq. miles 7.432012 sq. km
   fips code:            79488
   located within:       alabama al, fips 01
   location:             33.393674 n, 86.032763 w
   zip codes 1990:    
   note: some zip codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
   headwords:
    waldo, al
    waldo

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