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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>times-or-divided-by</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="time-T.html" title="time T"/><link rel="next" href="timesharing.html" title="timesharing"/></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">times-or-divided-by</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="time-T.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">T</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="timesharing.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><dt><a id="times-or-divided-by"/><dt xmlns="" id="times-or-divided-by"><b>times-or-divided-by</b>: <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="grammar">quant.</span></dt></dt><dd><p> [by analogy with ‘plus-or-minus’] Term occasionally used
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when describing the uncertainty associated with a scheduling estimate, for
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either humorous or brutally honest effect. For a software project, the
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scheduling uncertainty factor is usually at least 2.</p></dd><div class="navfooter"><hr/><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="time-T.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="timesharing.html">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">time T </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="../index.html">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> timesharing</td></tr></table></div></body></html>
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