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5 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Fred \Fred\ (fr[e^]d), n. [AS. fri[eth] peace. See {Frith} inclosure.] Peace; -- a word used in composition, especially in proper names as Alfred; Frederic. From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: Fred, TX Zip code(s): 77616 From Jargon File (4.2.3, 23 NOV 2000) [jargon]: fred n. 1. The personal name most frequently used as a {metasyntactic variable} (see {foo}). Allegedly popular because it's easy for a non-touch-typist to type on a standard QWERTY keyboard. In Great Britain, `fred', `jim' and `sheila' are common metasyntactic variables because their uppercase versions were _official_ names given to the 3 memory areas that held I/O status registers on the lovingly-remembered BBC Microcomputer! (It is reported that SHEILA was poked the most often.) Unlike {J. Random Hacker} or `J. Random Loser', the name `fred' has no positive or negative loading (but see {Dr. Fred Mbogo}). See also {barney}. 2. An acronym for `Flipping Ridiculous Electronic Device'; other F-verbs may be substituted for `flipping'. From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (13 Mar 01) [foldoc]: FRED Robert Carr. Language used by Framework, Ashton-Tate. [{Jargon File}] From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (13 Mar 01) [foldoc]: fred 1. The personal name most frequently used as a {metasyntactic variable} (see {foo}). Allegedly popular because it's 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".
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