Placeholder 658144 221209155 2008-06-23T14:55:21Z SlackerMom 4898486 convert to a decent dab page - what d'ya think? {{Wiktionary|placeholder}} A '''placeholder''' is a general term, sign, or symbol which is used in place of a specific unknown or irrelevant term or value. '''Placeholder''' may refer to: * [[Placeholder name]], words that can refer to unknown objects or people * [[Free variables and bound variables]], in disciplines involving formal languages, particularly mathematics and logic * [[Metasyntactic variable]], in computer science * [[Lorem ipsum]], in publishing and graphic design ==See also== * [[Filler text]] {{disambig}} [[fr:Marque substitutive]]