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  2. List of placeholder names - Wikipedia

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    The symbols 〇〇/ , read まるまる marumaru (doubling of 丸 maru meaning 'circle') is a common placeholder when various values are possible in its place or to censor information, similar to underscores, asterisks, <blank> or [redacted] in English. It can be used in place of any noun or adjective.

  3. For position only - Wikipedia

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    Because of the risk that placeholder material might accidentally be published, it is clearly marked with an FPO indicator in the form of a simulated watermark or overprint, stamp, or the like in the expectation that it will make the placeholder's presence obvious to designers working on the layout; reviewing proof copies; or, as a last resort ...

  4. Placeholder name - Wikipedia

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    Placeholder names are intentionally overly generic and ambiguous terms referring to things, places, or people, the names of which or of whom do not actually exist; are temporarily forgotten, or are unimportant; or in order to avoid stigmatization, or because they are unknowable or unpredictable given the context of their discussion; or to ...

  5. Placeholder - Wikipedia

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    Placeholder name, a term or terms referring to something or somebody whose name is not known or, in that particular context, is not significant or relevant. Filler text, text generated to fill space or provide unremarkable and/or standardised text. Lorem ipsum, a standard Latin text most commonly used to demonstrate a font, typography or layout.

  6. Chemical symbol - Wikipedia

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    Placeholder name given at one time to 208 Tl, an isotope of thallium identified in the decay chain of thorium. ThX: Thorium X: 88: Name given at one time to 224 Ra, an isotope of radium identified in the decay chain of thorium. Tn: Thoron: 86: From thorium and emanation. Name given to 220 Rn, an isotope of radon identified in the decay chain of ...

  7. Alice and Bob - Wikipedia

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    Example scenario where communication between Alice and Bob is intercepted by Mallory. Alice and Bob are fictional characters commonly used as placeholders in discussions about cryptographic systems and protocols, [1] and in other science and engineering literature where there are several participants in a thought experiment.

  8. Time formatting and storage bugs - Wikipedia

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    On 5 January 1975, the 12-bit field that had been used for dates in the TOPS-10 operating system for DEC PDP-10 computers overflowed, in a bug known as "DATE75". The field value was calculated by taking the number of years since 1964, multiplying by 12, adding the number of months since January, multiplying by 31, and adding the number of days since the start of the month; putting 2 12 − 1 ...

  9. Wikipedia:Image placeholders - Wikipedia

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    As of 2020 all placeholder images have been removed from the main namespace. An image placeholder is a dummy image designed to draw attention to the need for an actual image. Wikipedia image placeholders were meant to be used on articles, especially those of living people, for the purpose of trying to obtain a freely-licensed image for them.