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Look up placeholder in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Placeholder may refer to: Placeholder word, a term or terms referring to something or somebody
Placeholder
Name substituted for an unknown name
Placeholder names are names used as placeholder words, i.e., referring to things, places, or people, the names of which or of whom do not actually exist;
Placeholder_name
This is a list of placeholder names (words that can refer to things, persons, places, numbers and other concepts whose names are temporarily forgotten
List_of_placeholder_names
This is a list of English-language placeholder names for people. A variety of such placeholder names are used in the English language, some with respect
List of English-language placeholder names for people
List_of_English-language_placeholder_names_for_people
Word used in place of an exact word
In linguistics, a placeholder word or a placeholder is a word that is used in place of an exact word. In some cases they are used in speech to replace
Placeholder_word
Placeholder text used in publishing and graphic design
Lorem ipsum (/ˌlɔː.rəm ˈɪp.səm/ LOR-əm IP-səm) is a dummy or placeholder text commonly used in graphic design, publishing, and web development. It is
Lorem_ipsum
In politics, a placeholder is an official appointed temporarily to a position, with the understanding that they will not seek office in their own right
Placeholder_(politics)
Placeholder text in Interlingue
1922. It is used in some HTML templates as a fill-in or placeholder text. When used as placeholder text, Li Europan lingues is usually one or two paragraphs
Li_Europan_lingues
Small amount of source code used for productivity
hosting application itself. A placeholder is a part of a snippet that is replaced at insertion-time. Generally, a placeholder has special markup syntax that
Snippet_(programming)
2020 video game
Künnap, an Estonian indie game developer, and published by their company, Placeholder Gameworks, on February 20, 2020 on Steam. The player takes the role of
Death_and_Taxes_(video_game)
Number
as a placeholder. By 300 BC, a punctuation symbol (two slanted wedges) was repurposed as a placeholder. Significantly, however, these placeholder signs
0
Common placeholder name in English
(male), Jane Doe (female), or J. Doe (neutral/unknown) are multiple-use placeholder names that are used in the British, Canadian, and American legal systems
John_Doe
Machine instruction that indicates to a computer to do nothing
superfluous. Also, a block consisting of BEGIN END; may be used as a placeholder to indicate no action, even if placed inside another BEGIN / END block
NOP_(code)
Soccer tournament in Canada, Mexico, and the United States
of the draw, as those matches were held on 26 and 31 March 2026. The placeholder for the inter-confederation playoff Pathway 1 winner adhered to the confederation
2026_FIFA_World_Cup
Placeholder terms in event planning
To be announced (TBA) is a placeholder term used very broadly in event planning to indicate that although something is scheduled or expected to happen
To_be_announced
Topics referred to by the same term
(galaxy), a feature of many spiral galaxies Bar (computer science), a placeholder name in programming Base Address Register in PCI Bar, a mobile phone
Bar
Telephone number for use in fiction
telephone lines for the number. In the episode of Frasier titled "The Placeholder" which aired October 14, 2003, Roz left a voicemail that said "Frasier
Fictitious_telephone_number
Association football tournament in Qatar
pot 3. Pot 4 contained the five lowest-ranked teams, along with the placeholders for the two inter-confederation play-off winners and the UEFA Path A
2022_FIFA_World_Cup
Text generated to fill space or provide unremarkable and/or standardised text
Filler text (also placeholder text or dummy text) is text that shares some characteristics of a real written text, but is random or otherwise generated
Filler_text
positions in the FIFA Rankings were not taken into account, and the placeholder in the draw was automatically seeded into pot 4. Source: FIFA Rules for
2026_FIFA_World_Cup_Group_I
2011 video game
was just a complete accident by Markus and me [sic]. We just put in a placeholder sound of burning a matchstick. It seemed to work hilariously well, so
Minecraft
FIFA World Cup group
positions in the FIFA Rankings were not taken into account, and the placeholder in the draw was automatically seeded into pot 4. Source: FIFA Rules for
2026_FIFA_World_Cup_Group_A
Placeholder variables in programming
programming portal Alice and Bob Foo fighter Foo was here Lorem ipsum, similar placeholder text used outside programming xyzzy Category:Variable (computer science)
Foobar
Pearis, Bill (July 7, 2026). "Gilla Band announce new album, share "Placeholder"". BrooklynVegan. Retrieved July 7, 2026. "Godflesh announce penultimate
List_of_2026_albums
Concept in mathematics or computer science
parameter of this or any container expression. The idea is related to a placeholder (a symbol that will later be replaced by some value), or a wildcard character
Free variables and bound variables
Free_variables_and_bound_variables
Calculation of football teams before tournament
Pot 4 included the qualified teams in positions 37 to 42, plus six placeholders – two for the winners of the inter-confederation playoffs, and four for
2026_FIFA_World_Cup_draw
2011 studio album by The Story So Far
June 6, "High Regard" was made available for streaming. On June 14, "Placeholder" was made available for streaming. On June 17, the album was made available
Under_Soil_and_Dirt
FIFA World Cup group
positions in the FIFA Rankings were not taken into account, and the placeholder in the draw was automatically seeded into pot 4. Source: FIFA Rules for
2026_FIFA_World_Cup_Group_D
U.S. state
surfing culture. Terms like "brah" (brother) and "da kine" (a versatile placeholder term) have gained recognition beyond Hawaiʻi. In 2015, the U.S. Census
Hawaii
Placeholder term used in computer science
metasyntactic variable is a specific word or set of words identified as a placeholder in computer science and specifically computer programming. These words
Metasyntactic_variable
General-purpose programming language
{'key1': 1.0, 3: False} {} types.EllipsisType immutable An ellipsis placeholder to be used as an index in NumPy arrays ... Ellipsis float immutable 64-bit
Python_(programming_language)
Placeholder characters
Alice and Bob are fictional characters commonly used as placeholders in discussions about cryptographic systems and protocols, and in other science and
Alice_and_Bob
FIFA World Cup group
positions in the FIFA Rankings were not taken into account, and the placeholder in the draw was automatically seeded into pot 4. Source: FIFA Rules for
2026_FIFA_World_Cup_Group_F
Abbreviations used in chemistry
names formerly used or suggested for elements, including symbols for placeholder names and names given by discredited claimants for discovery. These symbols
Chemical_symbol
Character used to substitute for any other character(s) in a string
In software, a wildcard character is a kind of placeholder represented by a single character, such as an asterisk (*), which can be interpreted as a number
Wildcard_character
Topics referred to by the same term
SLEEPING FACE Emoji U+1F4A4 💤 SLEEPING SYMBOL ZZZZ, the four-letter placeholder ICAO airport code Zzzz, the ISO 15924 code for uncoded script ZZZZ, a
Zzz
2026 American film by Dave Green
into the tax write-off controversy, using the Acme Corporation as a placeholder for Warner Bros., such as with the slogan "The Movie Acme Doesn't Want
Coyote_vs._Acme
Cartographical (only) marker at 0°N, 0°E
not an actual island. The name is often used in mapping software as a placeholder to help find and correct database entries that have erroneously been
Null_Island
Association football tournament
are provided. Due to the African qualifiers not yet being completed, placeholder teams were used for the draw. The seeding of CAF1 was based on the ranking
2026 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup
2026_FIFA_U-17_Women's_World_Cup
person in legal context) Placeholder name List of placeholder names List of English-language placeholder names for people Placeholder names in cryptography
List of terms referring to an average person
List_of_terms_referring_to_an_average_person
FIFA World Cup group
positions in the FIFA Rankings were not taken into account, and the placeholder in the draw was automatically seeded into pot 4. Source: FIFA Rules for
2026_FIFA_World_Cup_Group_B
List of Windows 10 operating system versions
feature for OneDrive serves as a partial replacement for the previous "placeholders" function. It also introduces a new security feature known as "controlled
Windows_10_version_history
first and second presidencies released in 2016 and 2025 which served as "placeholder" official portraits until the release of the official portraits. The
Official portraits of Donald Trump
Official_portraits_of_Donald_Trump
German tank design proposal
museum. A Panther Ausf. G turret was placed on the Panther II hull as a placeholder. The Panther II hull was moved to the National Armor and Cavalry Museum
Panther_II_tank
Unidentified decedent in Louisiana
Plaquemines Parish John Doe, also known as Belle Chasse John Doe, is the placeholder name for an unidentified teenage male suicide victim found near Belle
Plaquemines_Parish_John_Doe
DC Studios film by Craig Gillespie
blue background, which Taimur Dur of ComicsBeat had determined was a placeholder design. Omelete's Guilherme Jacobs noted that the Supergirl suit design
Supergirl_(2026_film)
US real estate investment trust
CBL & Associates Properties, Inc. (previously CBL & Associates, Inc.) is an American real estate investment trust that invests in shopping centers and
CBL_Properties
South African businessman and tenderpreneur
fronting and compliance problems around the bid, including the use of a “placeholder” director and links between bid committee members and the winning company
Cat_Matlala
Association football club in Germany
business entity, but the company name was still unknown at that time. Placeholder in 2005–2006 was an artwork of an exclamation mark of the painter Otmar
Borussia_Dortmund
Printed record allowing signers to fill out fields
form is a document which contains blank spaces (also named fields or placeholders) in which one can write or select an option. Forms can be distributed
Form_(document)
Style of displaying or rendering text or symbols
for the purpose of either emphasizing form over details or displaying placeholders for unavailable content. The name is a reference to the phrase "Greek
Greeking
Concept in logic
substitution to an expression means to consistently replace its variable, or placeholder, symbols with other expressions.[citation needed] The resulting expression
Substitution_(logic)
Future professional women's soccer team
soccer team based in Atlanta, Georgia, currently operating under the placeholder identity "NWSL Atlanta 2028," was awarded the National Women's Soccer
Atlanta_NWSL_team
Software designed to prevent scraping
magnifying glass. Before the artwork was ordered, Anubis used an AI-generated placeholder image. The Anubis mascot is shown to all end users and cannot be altered
Anubis_(software)
English suicide victim
as David Keith Lautenberg and after the discovery of his body by the placeholder name Neil Dovestone, was a previously unidentified British man found
David_Lytton
Temporary name for a company
Fortive precision technology companies → TBD Advent corporation (placeholder) Placeholder name § Companies and organizations Bialek, Catrin (12 September
NewCo
Film franchise soundtrack album list
The music of the Back to the Future franchise comprises soundtrack albums, film scores, compilation albums, and cast recording associated with the feature
Music of the Back to the Future franchise
Music_of_the_Back_to_the_Future_franchise
Polish placeholder name
Wiktionary, the free dictionary. In Polish culture, Jan Kowalski is a placeholder name for an average Polish person, the usage being similar to "John Smith"
Jan Kowalski (placeholder name)
Jan_Kowalski_(placeholder_name)
Materials used as placeholders in a layout
that have been used as placeholders in a layout prior to it being declared finished and ready for publication. These placeholders, commonly either blank
For_position_only
Corporation that ignores social responsibility
Corporation (2003 film) Placeholder name List of placeholder names § Companies and organizations List of English-language placeholder names for people Fictional
Evil_corporation
Placeholder identities used on Argentine identity document specimens
fictitious identities instead of real individuals. The most widely used placeholder identity on Argentine DNI specimens is María Victoria Villareal. Other
Argentine identity card specimens
Argentine_identity_card_specimens
attempts to prevent Taven from crossing a bridge. Kobra was given the placeholder name of "Ben Masters" while Deception was in production, due to his physical
Characters of the Mortal Kombat series
Characters_of_the_Mortal_Kombat_series
Topics referred to by the same term
Prisoner X may refer to: Ben Zygier, held in Ayalon Prison in Israel until his death there in 2010 Ali-Reza Asgari, incorrectly asserted to be Prisoner
Prisoner_X
Professional soccer league in the United States
re-establishing the Royals franchise in 2023. The team played under the placeholder name of Kansas City NWSL in the 2021 season, announcing its permanent
National Women's Soccer League
National_Women's_Soccer_League
2026 concert tour by Take That
tenth studio album, currently being referred to by promoters as the placeholder name TT10, which is due to be released by EMI Records in "late 2026"
The_Circus_Live_–_Summer_2026
States, Canada, Mexico and other countries in the Western Hemisphere as a placeholder term within published national program guide listings in publications
Local_programming
Use of a linked object on one web page to a second site
A placeholder image used when attempting to hotlink to a website which disallows it
Inline_linking
American musician
second studio album, placeholder, produced by Brad Cook in Justin Vernon's Wisconsin studio. Duffy stated that the songs on placeholder "are about accountability
Meg_Duffy
Unexplained death in Norway, 1970
Isdal Woman (Norwegian: Isdalskvinna, c. 1930–1945 – November 1970) is a placeholder name given to an unidentified woman who was found dead at Isdalen ("The
Isdal_Woman
Replacing placeholders in a string with values
evaluating a string literal containing one or more placeholders, yielding a result in which the placeholders are replaced with their corresponding values.
String_interpolation
Placeholder for unspecified people
The phrase "Tom, Dick and Harry" is a placeholder for unspecified people. The phrase most commonly occurs as "every Tom, Dick and Harry", meaning everyone
Tom,_Dick_and_Harry
Topics referred to by the same term
Look up John Doe in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. John Doe is a placeholder name for a party whose true identity is unknown or must be otherwise withheld
John_Doe_(disambiguation)
describe an indefinite size, used for comic effect, for exaggeration, as placeholder names, or when precision is unnecessary or undesirable. Other descriptions
Indefinite and fictitious numbers
Indefinite_and_fictitious_numbers
right. Flags under copyright are not displayed here, instead having placeholder images that link to the flags. Australia portal Heraldry and Vexillology
List_of_Australian_flags
Cohort born from 1981 to 1996
of data strategy at Ad Age said to NPR "the Generation Y label was a placeholder until we found out more about them." Millennials are sometimes called
Millennials
Topics referred to by the same term
bottles of beer to aid in the generation of froth Widget (economics), a placeholder name for an unnamed, unspecified, or hypothetical manufactured good or
Widget
Topics referred to by the same term
the novel Another River, in the U.S. state of Alaska A. N. Other, a placeholder name Yet another Indefinite pronoun English determiners Other (disambiguation)
Another
Dragon-like creature from Mesopotamian mythology
mistransliteration of the cuneiform in early Assyriology and was often used as a placeholder before the actual reading was discovered. Mušḫuššu already appears in
Mušḫuššu
Fictional country in central Europe
Nowadays, the term connotes a quaint minor European country or is used as a placeholder name for an unspecified country in academic discussions. The first known
Ruritania
Topics referred to by the same term
John Smith is a common personal name. It is also commonly used as a placeholder name and pseudonym, and is sometimes used in the United States and the
John_Smith
Type of rechargeable battery without cobalt
iron phosphate (LiFePO4) 14500 battery (right) shown next to a battery placeholder (left) Specific energy 95–172 W⋅h/kg (340–620 kJ/kg) Next gen: 180–205 Wh/kg
Lithium iron phosphate battery
Lithium_iron_phosphate_battery
2026 Japanese film
recycled the Blockbuster Monster Movie (temp) (Japanese: 超大作怪獣映画(仮)) placeholder used for Minus One during pre-production and confirmed Toho would be
Godzilla_Minus_Zero
Customization of the user interface of Windows XP
endorsed by Microsoft. Some visual styles were developed by Microsoft as placeholders before unveiling the official visual styles, which were used in beta
Windows_XP_visual_styles
Unicode block containing some special codepoints and two non-characters
marks end of annotation block U+FFFC  OBJECT REPLACEMENT CHARACTER, placeholder in the text for another unspecified object, for example in a compound
Specials_(Unicode_block)
American public broadcaster and television network
programs as being aired on PBS during the timeslot card normally used as a placeholder for member outlets to insert local airtime information). Some or all
PBS
European football qualifying tournament
9–16. In the Round 2 draw, a placeholder indicating a Path 2 winner was drawn and placed into a tie, then a placeholder indicating a Path 1 winner was
2027 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification – UEFA play-offs
2027_FIFA_Women's_World_Cup_qualification_–_UEFA_play-offs
American-Bolivian artist, writer, and cultural advocate
June 2025 versions, note WP:AISIGNS e.g. promotionality, "upload image" placeholder param, superficial analyses, AIVOCAB etc (July 2026) (Learn how and when
Charlene_Amini
Latin phrase meaning "for the time being"
phrase is often used to describe a person who acts as a locum tenens 'placeholder'. The phrase is also used to describe officers appointed on a temporary
Pro_tempore
Map of Mars
The Diacria quadrangle is one of a series of 30 quadrangle maps of Mars used by the United States Geological Survey (USGS) Astrogeology Research Program
Diacria_quadrangle
Text file format used in online advertising management
recommended using a placeholder record to indicate the intent of an empty ads.txt file. placeholder.example.com, placeholder, DIRECT, placeholder In 2021, version
Ads.txt
C++ standard library header for functional programming utilities
cppreference.com (13 July 2026). "std::placeholders::_1, std::placeholders::_2, ..., std::placeholders::_N". cppreference.com. cppreference.com. GNU
Functional_(C++)
Central Semitic language
Uyghur mentiq, "logic"), and economic items (like English coffee) to placeholders (like Spanish fulano, "so-and-so"), everyday terms (like Hindustani lekin
Arabic
Film series based on video games
Resident Evil is a biopunk action horror film series produced and distributed by Sony Pictures based on the Japanese video game franchise by Capcom. The
Resident_Evil_(film_series)
1995 film by David Fincher
interactions. Tambling interprets the name "John Doe" as an allegorical placeholder for "Everyman", obscuring any true identity. Author David Deamer posits
Seven_(1995_film)
Symbol used to represent a monetary currency's name
only assigns three-letter codes. The generic currency sign, used as a placeholder, is ¤. When writing currency amounts, the location of the symbol varies
Currency_symbol
2022 studio album by Oliver Tree
of Cowboy Tears. On July 15, another single from the deluxe edition, "Placeholder", was released. On August 9, Oliver Tree revealed in an interview that
Cowboy_Tears
Term that describes an insignificant location
completely fictitious town. These terms are often used in the upper case as a placeholder name, to indicate insignificance and lack of importance. The word podunk
Podunk
Placeholder infectious disease name from the World Health Organization
Disease X is a placeholder name that was adopted by the World Health Organization (WHO) in February 2018 on their shortlist of blueprint priority diseases
Disease_X
Short-range wireless technology standard
According to Bluetooth's official website, Bluetooth was only intended as a placeholder until marketing could come up with something really cool. Later, when
Bluetooth
Topics referred to by the same term
initial version of the FORTRAN programming language .xx ("dot ex ex"), a placeholder for an Internet country code top-level domain Dos Equis or Siglo XX,
XX
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