placeholder

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[edit] Etymology

place +‎ holder.

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[edit] Noun

placeholder (plural placeholders)

1. Something used or included temporarily or as a substitute for something that is not known or must remain generic; that which holds, denotes or reserves a place for something to come later.

   This is placeholder data, so you’ll want to include the real numbers as soon as you have them.

[edit] Synonyms

• kadigan, kadigin, cadigan,
• See Wikisaurus:thingy, Wikisaurus:whatsaname, category:Metasyntactic words

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