meaning of fred

1. Peace; -- a word used in composition, especially in proper names; as, Alfred; Frederic.
2.
FRED Robert Carr. Language used by Framework, Ashton-Tate. [Jargon File] fred 1. The personal name most frequently used as a metasyntactic variable see foo. Allegedly popular because its easy for a non-touch-typist to type on a standard QWERTY keyboard. Unlike J. Random Hacker or "J. Random Loser", this name has no positive or negative loading but see Mbogo, Dr. Fred. See also barney. 2. An acronym for "Flipping Ridiculous Electronic Device"; other F-verbs may be substituted for "flipping". Fredettes Operating System Interface Language operating system> FOSIL A portable job control language for IBM OS360, UNIVAC EXEC 8 and Honeywell GCOS. ["Fredettes Operating System Interface Language FOSIL", G. N. Baird in Command Languages, C. Unger ed, N-H 1973].


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