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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>theory</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="../T.html" title="T"/><link rel="previous" href="theology.html" title="theology"/><link rel="next" href="thinko.html" title="thinko"/></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">theory</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="theology.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">T</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="thinko.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><dt><a id="theory"/><dt xmlns="" id="theory"><b>theory</b>: <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="grammar">n.</span></dt></dt><dd><p> The consensus, idea, plan, story, or set of rules that is currently
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being used to inform a behavior. This usage is a generalization and
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(deliberate) abuse of the technical meaning. “<span class="quote">What's the theory on
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fixing this TECO loss?</span>” “<span class="quote">What's the theory on dinner
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tonight?</span>” (“<span class="quote">Chinatown, I guess.</span>”) “<span class="quote">What's the
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current theory on letting lusers on during the day?</span>” “<span class="quote">The
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theory behind this change is to fix the following well-known
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screw....</span>”</p></dd><div class="navfooter"><hr/><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="theology.html">Prev</a> </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="../T.html">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="thinko.html">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">theology </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="../index.html">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> thinko</td></tr></table></div></body></html>
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