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Xyzzy (computing)
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<p>In <a href="/facts/Computing/Kghtm9fX">computing</a>, Xyzzy is sometimes used as a <a href="/facts/Metasyntactic_variable/u0TB8uje">metasyntactic variable</a> or as a video game <a href="/facts/Cheat_code/McF24v1F">cheat code</a>. <i>Xyzzy</i> comes from the <i><a href="/facts/Colossal_Cave_Adventure/KQgvmdcJ">Colossal Cave Adventure</a></i> as well as TRS-80 Haunted House computer game, where it is the first "<a href="/facts/Magic_string/W3Tb2Y0A">magic string</a>" that most players encounter (others include "plugh" and "plover"). </p>