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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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