baz

1. uncountablecomputingA metasyntactic variable used to stand for some unspecified entity; typically the third in a series after foo and bar.

   Suppose we have three objects, foo, bar and baz.

alternative Bazza

1. AustraliaIrelandUKA diminutive of the male given name Barry.

   There was me and Baz – Barry Stevens, my DS – in one car.

   2003, Peter Robinson, Aftermath: An Inspector Banks Mystery, unnumbered page

   1 more example

   Hung around the deserted shopping centre with Barry Kent and the lads.[…] Barry graciously gave me permission to call him 'Baz'.

   1984, Sue Townsend, The Growing Pains of Adrian Mole, →ISBN, page 164

2. AustraliaIrelandUKA diminutive of the male given name Basil.

   That's what Baz—Basil Younger——said when I put it to him.

   2005, Reginald Hill, Who Guards a Prince, page 169

plural Bazes

1. A surname.