/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)

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