robust: adj. Said of a system that has demonstrated an ability to recover gracefully from the whole range of exceptional inputs and situations in a given environment.

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• robust adj. Said of a system that has demonstrated an ability to recover gracefully from the whole range of exceptional inputs and situations in a given environment.
  One step below bulletproof. Carries the additional...
• smart: adj. Said of a program that does the {Right Thing} in a wide variety of complicated circumstances.
  There is a difference between calling a program...
• brittle: adj. Said of software that is functional but easily broken by changes in operating environment or configuration,
  or by any minor tweak to the software itself. Also...
• smart adj. Said of a program that does the Right Thing in a wide variety of complicated circumstances.
  There is a difference between calling a program...
• bulletproof: adj. Used of an algorithm or implementation considered extremely {robust};
  lossage-resistant; capable of correctly recovering...
• not ready for prime time: adj. Usable, but only just so;
  not very robust; for internal use only. Said of...
• fragile: adj. Syn {brittle}. --
  The AI Hackers...
• brittle adj. Said of software that is functional but easily broken by changes in operating environment or configuration,
  or by any minor tweak to the software itself. Also...
• tourist: [ITS] n. A guest on the system, especially one who generally logs in over a network from a remote location for {comm mode},
  email, games, and other trivial purposes. One step...