thud

( n.)

   1.  Yet  another {metasyntactic variable} (see {foo}). It is reported
   that  at  CMU  from  the  mid-1970s the canonical series of these was
   `foo', `bar', `thud', `blat'.

   2. Rare term for the hash character, `#' (ASCII 0100011). See {ASCII}
   for other synonyms.

[glossary]
[Reference(s) to this entry by made by: {blat}{foo}]