rfc-3092

Etymology of "Foo"

D. Eastlake 3rd, C. Manros, E. Raymond

date2001-04-01 streamINDEPENDENT statusINFORMATIONAL pages14 canonicalhttps://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc3092 doi10.17487/RFC3092 errataview

Approximately 212 RFCs so far, starting with RFC 269, contain the terms `foo', `bar', or `foobar' as metasyntactic variables without any proper explanation or definition. This document rectifies that deficiency. This memo provides information for the Internet community.