hoge

noun

hoge (placeholder name, like foobar)

Used in computing as a metasyntactic variable, similar to 'foo' or 'foobar' in English. Common in Japanese programming examples.

• サンプルコードでは、変へん数すう名めいに hoge がよく使つかわれる。

  In sample code, 'hoge' is often used as a variable name.