Timesordividedby

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From Jargon File (4.3.1, 29 Jun 2001) [jargon]:

  times-or-divided-by quant. [by analogy with `plus-or-minus'] Term
     occasionally used when describing the uncertainty associated with a
     scheduling estimate, for either humorous or brutally honest effect. For
     a software project, the scheduling uncertainty factor is usually at
     least 2.
  


  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:

  times-or-divided-by
       
          (By analogy with "plus-or-minus") A term occasionally used
          when describing the uncertainty associated with a scheduling
          estimate, for either humorous or brutally honest effect.  For
          a software project, the scheduling uncertainty factor is
          usually at least 2.
       
          [{Jargon File}]
       
          (1995-02-07)