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Florazheng1015 Posted 21 years ago
Vocabulary

Foo??? spam??

Q1 I found Here is a name for a column as following. What is the meaning of "foo"? foo=fun? Puzzled.

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Q2 What does "spam" mean?

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Foo means "absolutely anything". Spam is junk e-mail.

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  • Spam is junk e-mail.
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Foo means "absolutely anything". Spam is junk e-mail.
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TKS. I got it. By the way, what language is FOO? I don't find it in my English dictionary.
And would you please make a few sentences with FOO for me?
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I think I remember an Australian once told me that "spam" was some kind of canned meat/ham, totally tasteless; and now, it sure means "junk mail".
I have no idea about "foo"...
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Hello almost everyday now, Pieanne.
I found the same explanation for SPAM in my dictionary as the Australian told you above too but not the entry for "junk mail". Anyway, I learnt it means "junk mail" here. It is correct.
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Hi guys,

Foo is commonly used in programming on computers, when a coder can't be bothered to think of a variable name - for example, a coder might write
' int foo;
foo = 2; '

. It's much like using 'x' in maths as an unknown number - 'foo' is a more popular choice in long, complex programs.
It was also a word used by 'Mr T.' : He would often say "I pity the f
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Guest, Thank you very much. I got it.
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