The difference between Greek and Placeholder
When used as nouns, greek means ., whereas placeholder means something used or included temporarily or as a substitute for something that is not known or must remain generic.
Greek is also verb with the meaning: to display a placeholder (instead of text), especially to optimize speed in displaying text that would be too small to read.
check bellow for the other definitions of Greek and Placeholder
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Greek as a noun:
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Greek as a noun:
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Greek as a verb (transitive, computing):
To display a placeholder (instead of text), especially to optimize speed in displaying text that would be too small to read.
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Greek as a verb (transitive, computing):
To fill a template with nonsense text (particularly the Lorem ipsum), so that form can be focused on instead of content.
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Placeholder as a noun:
Something used or included temporarily or as a substitute for something that is not known or must remain generic; that which holds, denotes or reserves a place for something to come later.
Examples:
"This is placeholder data, so you'll want to include the real numbers as soon as you have them."