namefoo
Namefoo is a placeholder term used in software documentation and programming examples to illustrate how a name parameter works in code. It was first documented in the late 1990s as part of the mailing‑list style guidelines for example scripts. The term is not tied to a particular programming language but has appeared in C, Java, Python, and other contexts.
Its selection was driven by the need to fill in a generic but human‑readable identifier that could
Because it has not been associated with a real entity, namefoo has become part of the colloquial
The term gained visibility when an online programming ontology recorded it as a common placeholder. It has