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fish

(Adelaide University, Australia) 1. Another metasyntactic variable. See foo. Derived originally from the Monty Python skit in the middle of "The Meaning of Life" entitled "Find the Fish".

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2. microfiche. A microfiche file cabinet may be referred to as a "fish tank".

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Last updated: 1994-12-01

Nearby terms:

first-order logic ♦ First Party DMA ♦ fish ♦ FISH queue ♦ FITNR ♦ FITS

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