"quux" meaning in English

See quux in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: qux [alternative]
Etymology: Attributed to Guy L. Steele Jr. Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} quux (uncountable)
  1. (programming) A metasyntactic variable. Wikipedia link: Guy L. Steele Jr. Tags: uncountable Synonyms: foo, bar [common], baz

Alternative forms

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