Metasyntactic Variable: Difference between revisions
Content deleted Content added
Looney Toons (talk | contribs) m →Real Life: Copyedit (minor) |
Looney Toons (talk | contribs) →Real Life: added example |
||
Line 90: | Line 90: | ||
* "X-ray" was originally a placeholder name for an [[Unknown Phenomenon|unexplained phenomenon]], with "X" representing, as in algebra, the unknown. |
* "X-ray" was originally a placeholder name for an [[Unknown Phenomenon|unexplained phenomenon]], with "X" representing, as in algebra, the unknown. |
||
* It is common to use the name ACME in example SQL Databases and as placeholder company-name for the purpose of teaching. The term 'ACME Database' is commonly used to mean a training or example-only set of database data used solely for training or testing. ACME is also commonly used in documentation which shows SQL usage examples, a common practice with in many educational texts as well as technical documentation from companies such as Microsoft and Oracle. |
* It is common to use the name ACME in example SQL Databases and as placeholder company-name for the purpose of teaching. The term 'ACME Database' is commonly used to mean a training or example-only set of database data used solely for training or testing. ACME is also commonly used in documentation which shows SQL usage examples, a common practice with in many educational texts as well as technical documentation from companies such as Microsoft and Oracle. |
||
* "Advent corporation" is a term used by lawyers to describe an as yet unnamed corporation, while legal incorporation documents are being prepared. |
* "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. |
|||
{{reflist}} |
{{reflist}} |