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defensive designs

defensive designs is the plural of defensive design.

Meaning of defensive design

Noun

defensive design (usually uncountable, plural defensive designs)

  1. (usually) The practice of planning for contingencies in the design stage of a project so as to make the misuse of the software impossible, or to minimise the negative consequences.

Questions about defensive designs

What is defensive designs the plural of?
Defensive designs is the plural of defensive design.

Words near defensive designs in the dictionary

  1. defensive backs
  2. defensive copies
  3. defensive copy
  4. defensive copying
  5. defensive design
  6. defensive designs
  7. defensive end
  8. defensive field
  9. defensive fields
  10. defensive halfback
  11. defensive halfbacks

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