:theory: n. The consensus, idea, plan, story, or set of rules that
is currently being used to inform a behavior. This usage is a
generalization and (deliberate) abuse of the technical meaning.
"What's the theory on fixing this TECO loss?" "What's the
theory on dinner tonight?" ("Chinatown, I guess.") "What's
the current theory on letting lusers on during the day?" "The
theory behind this change is to fix the following well-known
screw...."
-- The AI Hackers Dictionary
is currently being used to inform a behavior. This usage is a
generalization and (deliberate) abuse of the technical meaning.
"What's the theory on fixing this TECO loss?" "What's the
theory on dinner tonight?" ("Chinatown, I guess.") "What's
the current theory on letting lusers on during the day?" "The
theory behind this change is to fix the following well-known
screw...."
-- The AI Hackers Dictionary
Related:
- theory n.
The consensus, idea, plan, story, or set of rules
that is currently being used to inform a behavior.
This usage is a generalization and (deliberate)... - canonical adj.
[very common; historically, `according
to religious law'] The usual or standard state or manner of
something.
This word has a somewhat more technical meaning in... - In theory, theory is the same as reality.
In reality it's not... - low-bandwidth: [from communication theory] adj. Used to indicate a
talk that,
although not {content-free}, was not terribly informative... - delta: n. 1. [techspeak] A quantitative change, especially a small
or incremental one (this use is general in physics and
engineering).
"I just doubled the speed of my program!" "What ... - If the data doesn't fit the theory,
fix the data... - Einstein rules relatively OK -
in theory anyway... - In theory, there is no difference between theory and practice.
In practice, there is... - In theory, there is no difference between theory and practice.
In practice, however, there is...
