time T /ti:m T/ n.
1. An unspecified but usually well-understood time, often used
in conjunction with a later time T+1. "We'll meet on campus at
time T or at Louie's at time T+1" means, in the context of going
out for dinner: "We can meet on campus and go to Louie's, or we
can meet at Louie's itself a bit later." (Louie's was a Chinese
restaurant in Palo Alto that was a favorite with hackers.) Had
the number 30 been used instead of the number 1, it would have
implied that the travel time from campus to Louie's is 30
minutes; whatever time T is (and that hasn't been decided on
yet), you can meet half an hour later at Louie's than you could
on campus and end up eating at the same time. See also since time T
equals minus infinity.
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times-or-divided-by quant.
[by analogy with `plus-or-minus'] Term occasionally used when
describing the uncertainty associated with a scheduling estimate,
for either humorous or brutally honest effect. For a software
project, the scheduling uncertainty factor is usually at least
2.
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