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In computing, Xyzzy is sometimes used as a metasyntactic variable or as a video game cheat code. Xyzzy comes from the Colossal Cave Adventure computer game, where it is the first " magic string " that most players encounter (others include "plugh" and "plover").
xyzzy or XYZZY may refer to: Xyzzy (computing), a magic word from the Colossal Cave Adventure computer game, later a metasyntactic variable or a video game cheat code;
The XYZZY Awards are the annual awards given to works of interactive fiction, serving a similar role to the Academy Awards for film. [1] The awards were inaugurated in 1997 by Eileen Mullin, the editor of XYZZYnews. [2] Any game released during the year prior to the award ceremony is eligible for nomination to receive an award.
Metasyntactic variables used commonly across all programming languages include foobar, foo, bar, baz, qux, quux, corge, grault, garply, waldo, fred, plugh, xyzzy, and thud. [1] [3] Two of these words, plugh and xyzzy, are taken from the game Colossal Cave Adventure. [4] A fuller reference can be found in The Hacker's Dictionary from MIT Press.
Additional information about the Xyzzies does not belong in this list, but in the main XYZZY Awards article. Cheers. Nespresso 13:47, 16 February 2007 (UTC) Oppose Poor presentation, limited information and issues with references. It is just one very long bullet-point list. The titles and author names just all blur after a while.
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The 16-bit version of the CLI is famous for including an Easter egg meant to honor Xyzzy (which was pronounced "magic"). This was the internal code name of what externally became known as the AOS/VS 32-bit operating system. A user typing in the command "xyzzy" would get back a response from
Despite the lack of commercial support, the availability of high quality tools allowed enthusiasts of the genre to develop new high quality games. Competitions such as the annual Interactive Fiction Competition for short works, the Spring Thing for longer works, and the XYZZY Awards, further helped to improve the quality and complexity of the ...