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FRED

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FRED

(Friendly Rollabout Engineered for Doctors) A mobile medical conferencing unit. See videoconferencing.

1.FRED - Robert Carr. Language used by Framework, Ashton-Tate.
2.fred - The personal name most frequently used as a metasyntactic variable (see foo). Allegedly popular because it's easy for a non-touch-typist to type on a standard QWERTY keyboard. Unlike J. Random Hacker or "J. Random Loser", this name has no positive or negative loading (but see Mbogo, Dr. Fred). See also barney.
3.fred - An acronym for "Flipping Ridiculous Electronic Device"; other F-verbs may be substituted for "flipping".


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"Mamma," said Rosamond, "when Fred comes down I wish you would not let him have red herrings.
Middlemarch by Eliot, George View in context
Kate is older than you, Fred and Frank (twins) about my age, and a little girl (Grace), who is nine or ten.
Little Women by Alcott, Louisa May View in context
cried Mr Swiveller, tapping his nose, 'a word to the wise is sufficient for them--we may be good and happy without riches, Fred.
The Old Curiosity Shop by Dickens, Charles View in context
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