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1 definition found From The Jargon File (version 4.4.7, 29 Dec 2003) [jargon]: T /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)