| slovo | definícia |
tactic
(encz) | tactic,taktický adj: Zdeněk Brož |
tactic
(encz) | tactic,taktika n: používá se většinou plurál Pino |
Tactic
(gcide) | Tactic \Tac"tic\, Tactical \Tac"tic*al\, a. [Gr. taktiko`s. See
tactics.]
Of or pertaining to military or naval tactics; hence,
pertaining to, or characterized by, planning or maneuvering
for the short term; -- contrasted with strategic, planning
for the long term.
-- Tac"tic*al*ly, adv.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.] |
Tactic
(gcide) | Tactic \Tac"tic\, n.
See Tactics.
[1913 Webster] |
tactic
(wn) | tactic
n 1: a plan for attaining a particular goal [syn: tactic,
tactics, maneuver, manoeuvre] |
| | podobné slovo | definícia |
strategic/tactical optical disk system
(msas) | Strategic/Tactical Optical Disk System
- S/TODS |
strategic/tactical optical disk system
(msasasci) | Strategic/Tactical Optical Disk System
- S/TODS |
atactic
(encz) | atactic,ataktický adj: Zdeněk Brož |
myotactic reflex
(encz) | myotactic reflex, n: |
naval tactical data system
(encz) | naval tactical data system, n: |
scare tactic
(encz) | scare tactic,zastrašovací taktika [fráz.] Pino |
shock tactics
(encz) | shock tactics, |
syntactic
(encz) | syntactic,syntaktický adj: Zdeněk Brož |
syntactic category
(encz) | syntactic category, n: |
syntactical
(encz) | syntactical,skladebný adj: Zdeněk Brožsyntactical,syntaktický adj: Zdeněk Brož |
syntactically
(encz) | syntactically,syntakticky adv: Zdeněk Brož |
syntactically independent
(encz) | syntactically independent, adj: |
syntactician
(encz) | syntactician, n: |
tactical
(encz) | tactical,taktický adj: |
tactical intelligence
(encz) | tactical intelligence, n: |
tactical maneuver
(encz) | tactical maneuver,taktický manévr n: Cascaval |
tactical manoeuvre
(encz) | tactical manoeuvre,taktický manévr n: Cascaval |
tactical warning
(encz) | tactical warning, n: |
tactically
(encz) | tactically,takticky adv: |
tactician
(encz) | tactician,taktik n: Zdeněk Brož |
tactics
(encz) | tactics,taktika Pavel Machek; Gizatactics,taktiky n: pl. Zdeněk Brož |
advanced tactical fighter
(czen) | Advanced Tactical Fighter,ATF[zkr.] [voj.] Zdeněk Brož a automatický
překlad |
allied tactical air forces
(czen) | Allied Tactical Air Forces,ATAF[zkr.] [voj.] Zdeněk Brož a automatický
překlad |
contingency tactical air combat system automated planning system
(czen) | Contingency Tactical Air Combat System Automated Planning
System,CTAPS[zkr.] [voj.] Zdeněk Brož a automatický překlad |
experimental stealth tactical (have blue)
(czen) | eXperimental Stealth Tactical (Have Blue),XST[zkr.] [voj.] Zdeněk Brož
a automatický překlad |
joint tactical information distribution system
(czen) | Joint Tactical Information Distribution System,JTIDS[zkr.]
[voj.] Zdeněk Brož a automatický překlad |
strategic/tactical optical disk system
(czen) | Strategic/Tactical Optical Disk System,S/TODS[zkr.] [voj.] Zdeněk Brož
a automatický překlad |
tactical air control center
(czen) | Tactical Air Control Center,TACC[zkr.] [voj.] Zdeněk Brož a automatický
překlad |
tactical air launched decoy
(czen) | Tactical Air Launched Decoy,TALD[zkr.] [voj.] Zdeněk Brož a automatický
překlad |
tactical air navigation
(czen) | Tactical Air Navigation,TACAN[zkr.] [voj.] Zdeněk Brož a automatický
překlad |
tactical deception planning aid
(czen) | Tactical Deception Planning Aid,TDPA[zkr.] [voj.] Zdeněk Brož a
automatický překlad |
tactical exploitation of national space capabilities (army)
(czen) | Tactical Exploitation of National Space Capabilities (Army),TENCAP[zkr.]
[voj.] Zdeněk Brož a automatický překlad |
tri-service tactical communications
(czen) | Tri-Service Tactical Communications,TriTAC[zkr.] [voj.] Zdeněk Brož a
automatický překlad |
Aerotactic
(gcide) | Aerotaxis \A"["e]r*o*tax`is\, n. [NL. See A["e]ro-; Taxis.]
(Bacteriology)
The positive or negative stimulus exerted by oxygen on
a["e]robic and ana["e]robic bacteria. -- A`["e]r*o*tac"tic,
a.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.] |
Chemotactic
(gcide) | Chemotaxis \Chem`o*tax"is\, n. Formerly also Chemiotaxis
\Chem`i*o*tax"is\ [Chemical + Gr. ? arrangement, fr. ? to
arrange.] (Biol.)
The sensitiveness exhibited by small free-swimming organisms,
as bacteria, zoospores of alg[ae], etc., to chemical
substances held in solution. They may be attracted ({positive
chemotaxis}) or repelled (negative chemotaxis). --
Chem`o*tac"tic, a. -- Chem`o*tac"tic*al*ly, adv.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.] chemotherapeutic |
Chemotactically
(gcide) | Chemotaxis \Chem`o*tax"is\, n. Formerly also Chemiotaxis
\Chem`i*o*tax"is\ [Chemical + Gr. ? arrangement, fr. ? to
arrange.] (Biol.)
The sensitiveness exhibited by small free-swimming organisms,
as bacteria, zoospores of alg[ae], etc., to chemical
substances held in solution. They may be attracted ({positive
chemotaxis}) or repelled (negative chemotaxis). --
Chem`o*tac"tic, a. -- Chem`o*tac"tic*al*ly, adv.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.] chemotherapeutic |
jackboot tactics
(gcide) | jackboot tactics \jackboot tactics\ n. [from the jackboots worn
as part of the uniform of police in certain totalitarian
countries.]
Harsh strongarm tactics; repressive, bullying and
militaristic tactics like those used in authoritarian or
totalitarian countries; -- used opprobriously, and often in
hyperbolic exaggeration of police tactics in democratic
countries.
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Naval tactics
(gcide) | Naval \Na"val\ (n[=a]"val), a. [L. navalis, fr. navis ship: cf.
F. naval. See Nave of a church.]
Having to do with shipping; of or pertaining to ships or a
navy; consisting of ships; as, naval forces, successes,
stores, etc.
[1913 Webster]
Naval brigade, a body of seamen or marines organized for
military service on land.
Naval officer.
(a) An officer in the navy.
(b) A high officer in some United States customhouses.
Naval tactics, the science of managing or maneuvering
vessels sailing in squadrons or fleets.
[1913 Webster]
Syn: Nautical; marine; maritime.
Usage: Naval, Nautical. Naval is applied to vessels, or a
navy, or the things which pertain to them or in which
they participate; nautical, to seamen and the art of
navigation. Hence we speak of a naval, as opposed to a
military, engagement; naval equipments or stores, a
naval triumph, a naval officer, etc., and of nautical
pursuits or instruction, nautical calculations, a
nautical almanac, etc.
[1913 Webster] |
Paratactic
(gcide) | Paratactic \Par`a*tac"tic\, a. (Gram.)
Of pertaining to, or characterized by, parataxis.
[1913 Webster] |
Phototactic
(gcide) | Phototaxis \Pho`to*tax"is\, Phototaxy \Pho"to*tax`y\, n. [NL.
phototaxis; photo- + Gr. ? an arranging.] (Biol.)
The influence of light on the movements of low organisms, as
various infusorians, the zoospores of certain alg[ae], etc.;
also, the tendency to follow definite directions of motion or
assume definite positions under such influence. If the
migration is toward the source of light, it is termed
positive phototaxis; if away from the light,
negative phototaxis. -- Pho`to*tac"tic, a. --
Pho`to*tac"tic*al*ly, adv.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.] |
Phototactically
(gcide) | Phototaxis \Pho`to*tax"is\, Phototaxy \Pho"to*tax`y\, n. [NL.
phototaxis; photo- + Gr. ? an arranging.] (Biol.)
The influence of light on the movements of low organisms, as
various infusorians, the zoospores of certain alg[ae], etc.;
also, the tendency to follow definite directions of motion or
assume definite positions under such influence. If the
migration is toward the source of light, it is termed
positive phototaxis; if away from the light,
negative phototaxis. -- Pho`to*tac"tic, a. --
Pho`to*tac"tic*al*ly, adv.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.] |
Phyllotactic
(gcide) | Phyllotactic \Phyl`lo*tac"tic\ (f[i^]l"l[-o]*t[a^]k"t[i^]k), a.
(Bot.)
Of or pertaining to phyllotaxy.
[1913 Webster] Phyllotaxy |
Protactic
(gcide) | Protactic \Pro*tac"tic\ (pr[-o]*t[a^]k"t[i^]k), a. [Gr.
protaktiko`s placing or placed before, fr. prota`ssein to
place in front; pro` before + ta`ssein to arrange.]
Giving a previous narrative or explanation, as of the plot or
personages of a play; introductory.
[1913 Webster] |
Syntactic
(gcide) | Syntactic \Syn*tac"tic\, Syntactical \Syn*tac"tic*al\, a. [Cf.
G. ? putting together. See Syntax.]
Of or pertaining to syntax; according to the rules of syntax,
or construction. -- Syn*tac"tic*al*ly, adv.
[1913 Webster] |
syntactic pattern matching
(gcide) | Pattern matching \Pat"tern match"ing\, n. [See pattern.]
(Computers)
A technique in automated data analysis, usually performed on
a computer, by which a group of characteristic properties of
an unknown object is compared with the comparable groups of
characteristics of a set of known objects, to discover the
idenity or proper classification of the unknown object.
Note: There are two major types of pattern matching,
statistical pattern matching and {syntactic pattern
matching}. In statistical pattern matching, the
criteria used to recognize identity or class membership
vary, but in general some combination of the
differences in the groups of characteristics of known
and unknown objects are considered to be a measure of
the difference ("distance") between them, and the
closest known object or objects are viewed as
presenting the most likely identity or class for the
unknown object. In syntactic pattern matching, a set of
known patterns, e.g. as in the possible order of parts
of speech in a language, is defined, and the unknown
pattern is compared to find that known pattern or
patterns which matches the unknown exactly. In general,
statistical pattern matching is used where properties
of objects with continuous values are being compared,
and syntactic pattern matching where a complex
arrangement of at least two different objects may be
built by application of a set of rules (a "grammar")
for combining the objects in a specified order.
Examples of the latter are natural and formal
languages.
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Syntactical
(gcide) | Syntactic \Syn*tac"tic\, Syntactical \Syn*tac"tic*al\, a. [Cf.
G. ? putting together. See Syntax.]
Of or pertaining to syntax; according to the rules of syntax,
or construction. -- Syn*tac"tic*al*ly, adv.
[1913 Webster] |
Syntactically
(gcide) | Syntactic \Syn*tac"tic\, Syntactical \Syn*tac"tic*al\, a. [Cf.
G. ? putting together. See Syntax.]
Of or pertaining to syntax; according to the rules of syntax,
or construction. -- Syn*tac"tic*al*ly, adv.
[1913 Webster] |
Tactic
(gcide) | Tactic \Tac"tic\, Tactical \Tac"tic*al\, a. [Gr. taktiko`s. See
tactics.]
Of or pertaining to military or naval tactics; hence,
pertaining to, or characterized by, planning or maneuvering
for the short term; -- contrasted with strategic, planning
for the long term.
-- Tac"tic*al*ly, adv.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]Tactic \Tac"tic\, n.
See Tactics.
[1913 Webster] |
Tactical
(gcide) | Tactic \Tac"tic\, Tactical \Tac"tic*al\, a. [Gr. taktiko`s. See
tactics.]
Of or pertaining to military or naval tactics; hence,
pertaining to, or characterized by, planning or maneuvering
for the short term; -- contrasted with strategic, planning
for the long term.
-- Tac"tic*al*ly, adv.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.] |
Tactically
(gcide) | Tactic \Tac"tic\, Tactical \Tac"tic*al\, a. [Gr. taktiko`s. See
tactics.]
Of or pertaining to military or naval tactics; hence,
pertaining to, or characterized by, planning or maneuvering
for the short term; -- contrasted with strategic, planning
for the long term.
-- Tac"tic*al*ly, adv.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.] |
Tactician
(gcide) | Tactician \Tac*ti"cian\, n. [Cf. F. tacticien.]
One versed in tactics; hence, a skillful maneuverer; an
adroit manager.
[1913 Webster] |
Tactics
(gcide) | Tactics \Tac"tics\, n. [Gr. taktika` pl., and taktikh` (sc.
te`chnh, sing., fr. taktiko`s fit for ordering or arranging,
fr. ta`ssein, ta`ttein, to put in order, to arrange: cf. F.
tactique.]
1. The science and art of disposing military and naval forces
in order for battle, and performing military and naval
evolutions. It is divided into grand tactics, or the
tactics of battles, and elementary tactics, or the tactics
of instruction.
[1913 Webster]
2. Hence, any system or method of procedure.
[1913 Webster] |
Thermotactic
(gcide) | Thermotactic \Ther`mo*tac"tic\, a. (Physiol.)
Of or retaining to thermotaxis.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.] |
Thigmotactic
(gcide) | Thigmotactic \Thig`mo*tac"tic\, a. (Physiol.)
Of or pertaining to thigmotaxis.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.] |
atactic
(wn) | atactic
adj 1: lacking motor coordination; marked or caused by ataxia
[syn: ataxic, atactic] |
atactic abasia
(wn) | atactic abasia
n 1: abasia due to ataxia of the legs [syn: atactic abasia,
ataxic abasia] |
myotactic reflex
(wn) | myotactic reflex
n 1: reflex contraction of a muscle when an attached tendon is
pulled; important in maintaining erect posture [syn:
stretch reflex, myotactic reflex] |
naval tactical data system
(wn) | naval tactical data system
n 1: a shipboard system for collecting and displaying tactical
data |
special weapons and tactics squad
(wn) | Special Weapons and Tactics squad
n 1: a squad of policemen who have been trained to deal with
violent and dangerous situations [syn: SWAT team, {SWAT
squad}, Special Weapons and Tactics team, {Special
Weapons and Tactics squad}] |
special weapons and tactics team
(wn) | Special Weapons and Tactics team
n 1: a squad of policemen who have been trained to deal with
violent and dangerous situations [syn: SWAT team, {SWAT
squad}, Special Weapons and Tactics team, {Special
Weapons and Tactics squad}] |
syntactic
(wn) | syntactic
adj 1: of or relating to or conforming to the rules of syntax;
"the syntactic rules of a language" [syn: syntactic,
syntactical] |
syntactic category
(wn) | syntactic category
n 1: (grammar) a category of words having the same grammatical
properties [syn: grammatical category, {syntactic
category}] |
syntactical
(wn) | syntactical
adj 1: of or relating to or conforming to the rules of syntax;
"the syntactic rules of a language" [syn: syntactic,
syntactical] |
syntactically
(wn) | syntactically
adv 1: with respect to syntax; "syntactically ill-formed" |
syntactician
(wn) | syntactician
n 1: a linguist who specializes in the study of grammar and
syntax [syn: grammarian, syntactician] |
tactical
(wn) | tactical
adj 1: of or pertaining to tactic or tactics; "a tactical error" |
tactical intelligence
(wn) | tactical intelligence
n 1: intelligence that is required for the planning and conduct
of tactical operations [syn: tactical intelligence,
combat intelligence] |
tactical maneuver
(wn) | tactical maneuver
n 1: a move made to gain a tactical end [syn: maneuver,
manoeuvre, tactical maneuver, tactical manoeuvre] |
tactical manoeuvre
(wn) | tactical manoeuvre
n 1: a move made to gain a tactical end [syn: maneuver,
manoeuvre, tactical maneuver, tactical manoeuvre] |
tactical warning
(wn) | tactical warning
n 1: (military) a warning after the initiation of a hostile act |
tactically
(wn) | tactically
adv 1: with regard to tactics; "the tactically useful province
is still firmly in the rebels' hands" |
tactician
(wn) | tactician
n 1: a person who is skilled at planning tactics |
tactics
(wn) | tactics
n 1: the branch of military science dealing with detailed
maneuvers to achieve objectives set by strategy
2: a plan for attaining a particular goal [syn: tactic,
tactics, maneuver, manoeuvre] |
metasyntactic variable
(foldoc) | metasyntactic variable
Strictly, a variable used in metasyntax, but
often used for any name used in examples and understood to
stand for whatever thing is under discussion, or any random
member of a class of things under discussion. The word foo
is the canonical example. To avoid confusion, hackers never
(well, hardly ever) use "foo" or other words like it as
permanent names for anything.
In filenames, a common convention is that any filename
beginning with a metasyntactic-variable name is a scratch
file that may be deleted at any time.
To some extent, the list of one's preferred metasyntactic
variables is a cultural signature. They occur both in series
(used for related groups of variables or objects) and as
singletons. Here are a few common signatures:
foo, bar, baz, quux, quuux, quuuux...: MIT/Stanford usage,
now found everywhere. At MIT (but not at Stanford), baz dropped
out of use for a while in the 1970s and '80s. A common recent
mutation of this sequence inserts qux before quux.
bazola, ztesch: Stanford (from mid-'70s on).
foo, bar, thud, grunt: This series was popular at CMU.
Other CMU-associated variables include ack, barf, foo, and
gorp.
foo, bar, fum: This series is reported to be common at
Xerox PARC.
fred, barney: See the entry for fred. These tend to be
Britishisms.
toto, titi, tata, tutu: Standard series of metasyntactic
variables among francophones.
corge, grault, flarp: Popular at Rutgers University and
among GOSMACS hackers.
zxc, spqr, wombat: Cambridge University (England).
shme: Berkeley, GeoWorks, Ingres. Pronounced /shme/ with a
short /e/.
foo, bar, zot: Helsinki University of Technology,
Finland.
blarg, wibble: New Zealand
Of all these, only "foo" and "bar" are universal (and baz
nearly so). The compounds foobar and "foobaz" also enjoy
very wide currency.
Some jargon terms are also used as metasyntactic names; barf
and mumble, for example.
See also Commonwealth Hackish for discussion of numerous
metasyntactic variables found in Great Britain and the
Commonwealth.
[Jargon File]
(1995-11-13)
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syntactic salt
(foldoc) | syntactic salt
The opposite of syntactic sugar, a feature designed to make
it harder to write bad code. Specifically, syntactic salt is
a hoop the programmer must jump through just to prove that he
knows what's going on, rather than to express a program
action. Some programmers consider required type declarations
to be syntactic salt. A requirement to write "end if", "end
while", "end do", etc. to terminate the last block controlled
by a control construct (as opposed to just "end") would
definitely be syntactic salt. Syntactic salt is like the real
thing in that it tends to raise hackers' blood pressures in an
unhealthy way. Compare candygrammar.
[Jargon File]
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syntactic sugar
(foldoc) | syntactic sugar
Term coined by Peter Landin for additions to the syntax of a
language which do not affect its expressiveness but make it
"sweeter" for humans to use. Syntactic sugar gives the
programmer an alternative way of coding that is more succinct
or more like some familiar notation. It does not affect the
expressiveness of the formalism (compare chrome).
Syntactic sugar can be easily translated ("desugared") to
produce a program in some simpler "core" syntax. E.g. C's
"a[i]" notation is syntactic sugar for "*(a + i)". In a
(curried) functional language, all operators are really
functions and the use of infix notation "x+y" is syntactic
sugar for function application "(+) x y".
Alan Perlis once quipped, "Syntactic sugar causes cancer of
the semicolon."
The variants "syntactic saccharin" and "syntactic syrup" are
also recorded. These denote something even more gratuitous,
in that they serve no purpose at all. Compare candygrammar,
syntactic salt.
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metasyntactic variable
(jargon) | metasyntactic variable
n.
A name used in examples and understood to stand for whatever thing is under
discussion, or any random member of a class of things under discussion. The
word foo is the canonical example. To avoid confusion, hackers never
(well, hardly ever) use ‘foo’ or other words like it as permanent names for
anything. In filenames, a common convention is that any filename beginning
with a metasyntactic-variable name is a scratch file that may be deleted
at any time.
Metasyntactic variables are so called because (1) they are variables in the
metalanguage used to talk about programs etc; (2) they are variables whose
values are often variables (as in usages like “the value of f(foo,bar) is
the sum of foo and bar”). However, it has been plausibly suggested that the
real reason for the term “metasyntactic variable” is that it sounds good.
To some extent, the list of one's preferred metasyntactic variables is a
cultural signature. They occur both in series (used for related groups of
variables or objects) and as singletons. Here are a few common signatures:
┌───────────────┬─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│foo, bar, {│MIT/Stanford usage, now found everywhere (thanks largely │
│baz}, quux, │to early versions of this lexicon!). At MIT (but not at │
│quuux, │Stanford), baz dropped out of use for a while in the │
│quuuux...: │1970s and '80s. A common recent mutation of this sequence│
│ │inserts quxbefore quux. │
├───────────────┼─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│bazola, ztesch:│Stanford (from mid-'70s on). │
├───────────────┼─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│foo, bar, │This series was popular at CMU. Other CMU-associated │
│thud, grunt: │variables include gorp. │
├───────────────┼─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ │Waterloo University. We are informed that the CS club at │
│foo, bar, │Waterloo formerly had a sign on its door reading “Ye Olde│
│bletch: │Foo Bar and Grill”; this led to an attempt to establish “│
│ │grill” as the third metasyntactic variable, but it never │
│ │caught on. │
├───────────────┼─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│foo, bar, │This series is reported to be common at XEROX PARC. │
│fum: │ │
├───────────────┼─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│fred, jim, │ │
│sheila, barney│See the entry for {fred. These tend to be Britishisms. │
│}: │ │
├───────────────┼─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│flarp: │Popular at Rutgers University and among GOSMACS │
│ │hackers. │
├───────────────┼─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│zxc, spqr, │Cambridge University (England). │
│wombat: │ │
├───────────────┼─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│shme │Berkeley, GeoWorks, Ingres. Pronounced /shme/ with a │
│ │short /e/. │
├───────────────┼─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│foo, bar, baz, │Yale, late 1970s. │
│bongo │ │
├───────────────┼─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│spam, eggs │Python programmers. │
├───────────────┼─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│snork │Brown University, early 1970s. │
├───────────────┼─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│foo, bar, │Helsinki University of Technology, Finland. │
│zot │ │
├───────────────┼─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│blarg, wibble│New Zealand. │
├───────────────┼─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│toto, titi, │France. │
│tata, tutu │ │
├───────────────┼─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│pippo, pluto, │Italy. Pippo /pee'po/ and Paperino /pa·per·ee'·no/ are │
│paperino │the Italian names for Goofy and Donald Duck. Pluto, of │
│ │course, is Mickey's dog. │
├───────────────┼─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│aap, noot, mies│The Netherlands. These are the first words a child used │
│ │to learn to spell on a Dutch spelling board. │
├───────────────┼─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│oogle, foogle, │These two series (which may be continued with other │
│boogle; zork, │initial consonents) are reportedly common in England, and│
│gork, bork │said to go back to Lewis Carroll. │
└───────────────┴─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
Of all these, only foo and bar are universal (and baz nearly so). The
compounds foobar and foobaz also enjoy very wide currency. Some jargon
terms are also used as metasyntactic names; barf and mumble, for
example. See also Commonwealth Hackish for discussion of numerous
metasyntactic variables found in Great Britain and the Commonwealth.
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syntactic salt
(jargon) | syntactic salt
n.
The opposite of syntactic sugar, a feature designed to make it harder to
write bad code. Specifically, syntactic salt is a hoop the programmer must
jump through just to prove that he knows what's going on, rather than to
express a program action. Some programmers consider required type
declarations to be syntactic salt. A requirement to write end if, end while
, end do, etc.: to terminate the last block controlled by a control
construct (as opposed to just end) would definitely be syntactic salt.
Syntactic salt is like the real thing in that it tends to raise hackers'
blood pressures in an unhealthy way. Compare candygrammar.
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