Metasyntactic Variable: Difference between revisions

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* "Advent corporation" is a term used by lawyers to describe an as yet unnamed corporation, while legal incorporation documents are being prepared.
** The very real [[w:Advent Corporation|Advent Corporation]] (active 1967-1981) got its name when its founder liked the sound of the placeholder.
* Discussions about cryptography - especially cryptographic procedures - usually use the same two names as metasyntactic variables for the sender and recipient of a message: [[Alice and Bob]].
 
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