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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>suitably small</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="../../jargon.css" type="text/css"/><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.61.0"/><link rel="home" href="../index.html" title="The Jargon File"/><link rel="up" href="../S.html" title="S"/><link rel="previous" href="suitable-win.html" title="suitable win"/><link rel="next" href="Sun.html" title="Sun"/></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">suitably small</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="suitable-win.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">S</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="Sun.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><dt><a id="suitably-small"/><dt xmlns="" id="suitably-small"><b>suitably small</b>: <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="grammar">adj.</span></dt></dt><dd><p> [perverted from mathematical jargon] An expression used ironically
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to characterize unquantifiable behavior that differs from expected or
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required behavior. For example, suppose a newly created program came up
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with a correct full-screen display, and one publicly exclaimed: “<span class="quote">It
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works!</span>” Then, if the program dumped core on the first mouse click,
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one might add: “<span class="quote">Well, for suitably small values of
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