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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>flarp</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="../../jargon.css" type="text/css"/><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.61.0"/><link rel="home" href="../index.html" title="The Jargon File"/><link rel="up" href="../F.html" title="F"/><link rel="previous" href="flap.html" title="flap"/><link rel="next" href="flash-crowd.html" title="flash crowd"/></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">flarp</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="flap.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">F</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="flash-crowd.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><dt><a id="flarp"/><dt xmlns="" id="flarp"><b>flarp</b>: <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="pronunciation">/flarp/</span>, <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="grammar">n.</span></dt></dt><dd><p> [Rutgers University] Yet another
<a href="../M/metasyntactic-variable.html"><i class="glossterm">metasyntactic variable</i></a> (see <a href="foo.html"><i class="glossterm">foo</i></a>). Among those who use
it, it is associated with a legend that any program not containing the word
<span class="firstterm">flarp</span> somewhere will not work. The
legend is discreetly silent on the reliability of programs which
<span class="emphasis"><em>do</em></span> contain the magic word.</p></dd><div class="navfooter"><hr/><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="flap.html">Prev</a> </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="../F.html">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="flash-crowd.html">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">flap </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="../index.html">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> flash crowd</td></tr></table></div></body></html>