T

   1.  [from  LISP  terminology  for  `true']  Yes.  Used  in reply to a
   question  (particularly  one asked using The -P convention). In LISP,
   the  constant  T  means `true', among other things. Some Lisp hackers
   use  `T' and `NIL' instead of `Yes' and `No' almost reflexively. This
   sometimes causes misunderstandings. When a waiter or flight attendant
   asks  whether  a  hacker  wants  coffee, he may absently respond `T',
   meaning  that he wants coffee; but of course he will be brought a cup
   of  tea  instead.  Fortunately,  most hackers (particularly those who
   frequent  Chinese restaurants) like tea at least as well as coffee --
   so it is not that big a problem.

   2. See {time T} (also {since time T equals minus infinity}).

   3. [techspeak] In transaction-processing circles, an abbreviation for
   the noun `transaction'.

   4. [Purdue] Alternate spelling of {tee}.

   5.  A  dialect  of  {LISP}  developed  at Yale. (There is an intended
   allusion  to  NIL,  "New  Implementation of Lisp", another dialect of
   Lisp developed for the {VAX})

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