"if/then" meaning in English

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    {
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  "lang_code": "en",
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          "ref": "1989 December, David W. Long, Michael R. Wagner, “Insect Pest Management Expert Systems in Multiresource Management of Ponderosa Pine”, in Multiresource Management of Ponderosa Pine Forests: Nov. 14 - 16, 1989, Flagstaff, Arizona (General Technical Report RM-185), page 260:",
          "text": "1. The problem is well bounded, 2. There are many empirical if/thens that lead to a correct solution, 3. The total number of if/thens is sufficient to bring you close to a right answer (Mazur 1987).",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "2018, Kirsten Weiss, The Gargoyle Chronicles, volume 1, misterio press, →ISBN:",
          "text": "“Do you deal with chaos theory in your work?” “Me? I guess I just think it's fascinating. I see chaos as a series of if/thens. But that's the programmer in me.[…]”",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "2018, Catherine Brereton, Women Scientists in Math and Coding (Superwomen in STEM), Gareth Stevens Publishing, →ISBN, page 35:",
          "text": "Today, programmers mostly use “if/thens” instead of 0s and 1s.",
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        "Alternative form of if-then."
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          "ref": "1989 December, David W. Long, Michael R. Wagner, “Insect Pest Management Expert Systems in Multiresource Management of Ponderosa Pine”, in Multiresource Management of Ponderosa Pine Forests: Nov. 14 - 16, 1989, Flagstaff, Arizona (General Technical Report RM-185), page 260:",
          "text": "1. The problem is well bounded, 2. There are many empirical if/thens that lead to a correct solution, 3. The total number of if/thens is sufficient to bring you close to a right answer (Mazur 1987).",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2018, Kirsten Weiss, The Gargoyle Chronicles, volume 1, misterio press, →ISBN:",
          "text": "“Do you deal with chaos theory in your work?” “Me? I guess I just think it's fascinating. I see chaos as a series of if/thens. But that's the programmer in me.[…]”",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "2018, Catherine Brereton, Women Scientists in Math and Coding (Superwomen in STEM), Gareth Stevens Publishing, →ISBN, page 35:",
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