waldo
 /wol'doh/, n.

    [From Robert A. Heinlein's story Waldo]

    1. A mechanical agent, such as a gripper arm, controlled by a human limb.
    When these were developed for the nuclear industry in the mid-1940s they
    were named after the invention described by Heinlein in the story, which he
    wrote in 1942. Now known by the more generic term telefactoring, this
    technology is of intense interest to NASA for tasks like space station
    maintenance.

    2. At Harvard (particularly by Tom Cheatham and students), this is used
    instead of foobar as a metasyntactic variable and general nonsense word.
    See foo, bar, foobar, quux.

waldo

   /wol'doh/ [Robert A. Heinlein's story "Waldo"] 1. A mechanical
   agent, such as a gripper arm, controlled by a human limb.
   When these were developed for the nuclear industry in the
   mid-1940s they were named after the invention described by
   Heinlein in the story, which he wrote in 1942.  Now known by
   the more generic term "telefactoring", this technology is of
   intense interest to NASA for tasks like space station
   maintenance.

   2. At Harvard (particularly by Tom Cheatham and students), this is
   used instead of foobar as a metasyntactic variable and general
   nonsense word.

   [Jargon File]

   (2015-03-22)

Waldo -- U.S. County in Maine
   Population (2000):    36280
   Housing Units (2000): 18904
   Land area (2000):     729.728767 sq. miles (1889.988750 sq. km)
   Water area (2000):    123.013378 sq. miles (318.603172 sq. km)
   Total area (2000):    852.742145 sq. miles (2208.591922 sq. km)
   Located within:       Maine (ME), FIPS 23
   Location:             44.474743 N, 69.117983 W
   Headwords:
    Waldo
    Waldo, ME
    Waldo County
    Waldo County, ME

Waldo, WI -- U.S. village in Wisconsin
   Population (2000):    450
   Housing Units (2000): 174
   Land area (2000):     0.849863 sq. miles (2.201134 sq. km)
   Water area (2000):    0.034779 sq. miles (0.090077 sq. km)
   Total area (2000):    0.884642 sq. miles (2.291211 sq. km)
   FIPS code:            83100
   Located within:       Wisconsin (WI), FIPS 55
   Location:             43.675585 N, 87.946636 W
   ZIP Codes (1990):     53093
   Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
   Headwords:
    Waldo, WI
    Waldo

Waldo, AR -- U.S. city in Arkansas
   Population (2000):    1594
   Housing Units (2000): 749
   Land area (2000):     2.212800 sq. miles (5.731125 sq. km)
   Water area (2000):    0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
   Total area (2000):    2.212800 sq. miles (5.731125 sq. km)
   FIPS code:            72350
   Located within:       Arkansas (AR), FIPS 05
   Location:             33.351944 N, 93.294372 W
   ZIP Codes (1990):     71770
   Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
   Headwords:
    Waldo, AR
    Waldo

Waldo, FL -- U.S. city in Florida
   Population (2000):    821
   Housing Units (2000): 407
   Land area (2000):     1.719481 sq. miles (4.453435 sq. km)
   Water area (2000):    0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
   Total area (2000):    1.719481 sq. miles (4.453435 sq. km)
   FIPS code:            74925
   Located within:       Florida (FL), FIPS 12
   Location:             29.789831 N, 82.170881 W
   ZIP Codes (1990):     32694
   Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
   Headwords:
    Waldo, FL
    Waldo

Waldo, OH -- U.S. village in Ohio
   Population (2000):    332
   Housing Units (2000): 153
   Land area (2000):     0.650403 sq. miles (1.684535 sq. km)
   Water area (2000):    0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
   Total area (2000):    0.650403 sq. miles (1.684535 sq. km)
   FIPS code:            80500
   Located within:       Ohio (OH), FIPS 39
   Location:             40.458481 N, 83.078054 W
   ZIP Codes (1990):     43356
   Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
   Headwords:
    Waldo, OH
    Waldo

Waldo, KS -- U.S. city in Kansas
   Population (2000):    48
   Housing Units (2000): 32
   Land area (2000):     0.381064 sq. miles (0.986950 sq. km)
   Water area (2000):    0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
   Total area (2000):    0.381064 sq. miles (0.986950 sq. km)
   FIPS code:            74575
   Located within:       Kansas (KS), FIPS 20
   Location:             39.120162 N, 98.797863 W
   ZIP Codes (1990):     67673
   Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
   Headwords:
    Waldo, KS
    Waldo

Waldo, AL -- U.S. town in Alabama
   Population (2000):    281
   Housing Units (2000): 114
   Land area (2000):     2.841983 sq. miles (7.360703 sq. km)
   Water area (2000):    0.027533 sq. miles (0.071309 sq. km)
   Total area (2000):    2.869516 sq. miles (7.432012 sq. km)
   FIPS code:            79488
   Located within:       Alabama (AL), FIPS 01
   Location:             33.393674 N, 86.032763 W
   ZIP Codes (1990):    
   Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
   Headwords:
    Waldo, AL
    Waldo