Use of "Time 1" in programming lingo

["Jim Morgan" <jmorgan -at- casabyte -dot- com>]

Hi all,

In my previous incarnation as a science writer, I always saw the term "Time
x" and its abbreviation "Tx" applied only to a specific point in time. The
unit of measurement could vary, but was always a constant within the same
process--if "T1" was a week in Study Phase A, so was "T4."

In a database document I am rewriting, the term is used for varying periods
and units of time within the same list. That is, the time required for a
command to run is called "T1" and could take milliseconds; the time used by
the next command in the process is "T2" and could take minutes; and so
forth. 

My questions:

*	Is this a common practice in discussions of programming?
*	I'm inclined to change the term from "time" to "phase." Your
thoughts and suggestions, please?

With kind regards,
Jim
Jim Morgan 
Project Manager, Documentation (Consultant)
Casabyte QA Team
JDSU 
JDSU is a trademark of JDS Uniphase Corporation 

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