/ti:m T/ 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
favourite 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.
[
Jargon File]
(1994-12-12)