foo

BrE /fuː/ AmE /fuː/

noun en → es

1 PLACEHOLDER [non-count] C1

A placeholder term used in programming and testing to represent a variable or value whose real content is yet unknown.

término de relleno, marcador

  • use foo as a placeholder

Collocations foo variable · foo value

  • The programmer used 'foo' to represent an unknown variable.

    El programador usó 'foo' para representar una variable desconocida.

2 EXAMPLE [non-count] C1

Used as a generic example or placeholder name in discussions, documents, and examples.

ejemplo genérico, nombre de ejemplo

  • use foo as an example

Collocations foo example · foo document

  • In the meeting, we used 'foo' to illustrate our point.

    En la reunión, usamos 'foo' para ilustrar nuestro punto.