| n. | 1. | Peace; - a word used in composition, especially in proper names; |
| 1. | FRED - Robert Carr. Language used by Framework, Ashton-Tate. | ||
| 2. | fred - 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. | ||
| 3. | fred - An acronym for "Flipping Ridiculous Electronic Device"; other F-verbs may be substituted for "flipping". |