Scram switch, etc.
Was FOO displayed or F00. Because if you're working with something with 12 bits, loading a psw or register with F00 might be meaningful (or just funny if you know what "foo" is). Sort of a corollary to the mythic trouble report "Equipment doesn't work when selector knob is in the zero fox fox position". If so, the Foo in data processing may be a chicken and egg with F00.
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It is possible that foobar is a playful allusion to the World War II-era military slang FUBAR (fucked up beyond all recognition).
The citation for this returns a 404. I question whether this is indeed true, without proper citation I suggest this is speculative and should be removed.