Filler text
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Filler text is text that shares some characteristics of a real written text, but is random or otherwise generated. It may be used to display a sample of fonts, generate text for testing, or to spoof an e-mail spam filter. The process of using filler text is sometimes called Greeking, although the text itself may be nonsense, or largely Latin, as in Lorem Ipsum.
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[edit] ASDF
ASDF is the sequence of letters that appear on the first four keys on the home row of a QWERTY or QWERTZ keyboard. They are often used as a sample or test case or as random, meaningless nonsense. It is also a common learning tool for keyboard classes, since all four keys are located on Home row.
[edit] ETAOIN SHRDLU
ETAOIN SHRDLU is the approximate order of frequency of the twelve most commonly used letters in the English language, best known as a nonsense phrase that sometimes appeared in print in the days of "hot type" publishing due to a custom of Linotype machine operators.
[edit] Lorem ipsum
"Lorem ipsum..." is one of the most common filler texts, popular with typesetters and graphic designers.
[edit] The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog
A coherent, short phrase that uses every letter of the alphabet.
[edit] All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy
In the film The Shining, the main character is a writer who types endless repetitions of the single sentence "All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy." His wife looks through the stack of papers neatly placed to the side of his typewriter with increasing horror; the "book" Jack was working on consists of only the repetitions and permutations of layout of that same sentence.
[edit] CHARGEN
The CHARGEN (character generator) service is an internet protocol.
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[edit] Numbers station
Numbers stations are shortwave radio stations of uncertain origin. They generally broadcast people reading streams of numbers, words, or letters (sometimes using a phonetic alphabet).
