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From: fdc@watsun.cc.columbia.edu (Frank da Cruz)
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.kermit.misc
Subject: Re: What is FOOBAR
Date: 11 Jul 1995 18:58:38 GMT
Organization: Columbia University
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In article <3tu9eh$a1m@nic.lth.se>, Anders Karlsson <d93ak@efd.lth.se> wrote:
>Does anybody know what FOOBAR error means?
>
I don't think this is an error message from a Kermit program (is it?).
It means Fouled Up Beyond All Recognition (or worse :-). The "U" was
changed to "OO" for some reason that is, no doubt, explained someplace
like The Hackers Dictionary. Its origins are, I believe, among World
War II American or British soldiers.
- Frank