Fred

5 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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.
     [1913 Webster]



From Jargon File (4.3.1, 29 Jun 2001) [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 (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:

  FRED
       
          Robert Carr.  Language used by Framework, Ashton-Tate.
       
          [{Jargon File}]
       
       

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [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".
       
       

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:

  Fred, TX
    Zip code(s): 77616