- a standardization of processes so that they apply to 100 per cent of the cases to which they are addressed. (Class VIII, No. 19)
- the accumulation of those exact processes which make a way between humanoid and OT, the exact method of organizing them, the exact method of delivering them, and the exact repair of any errors made on that route. (Class VIII, No. 2)
- that terribly narrow path which we now call standard tech is composed of those things which if they are out inhibit and prohibit all case gain. (Class VIII, No. 1)
- standard tech is not a process or a series of processes. It is following the rules of processing. (HCOB 26 Feb 70)
- that tech which has absolutely no arbitraries. (HCOB 23 Aug 68)