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defensive programming

defensive programming noun: a form of defensive design aiming to ensure the continuing functioning of a piece of software in spite of unforeseeable usage of it.

Noun

defensive programming (uncountable)

  1. A form of defensive design aiming to ensure the continuing functioning of a piece of software in spite of unforeseeable usage of it.

Questions about defensive programming

What does defensive programming mean?
Defensive programming means a form of defensive design aiming to ensure the continuing functioning of a piece of software in spite of unforeseeable usage of it.
What part of speech is defensive programming?
Defensive programming is a noun.

Words near defensive programming in the dictionary

  1. defensive lines
  2. defensive lines of scrimmage
  3. defensive medicine
  4. defensive midfielder
  5. defensive midfielders
  6. defensive programming
  7. defensive spiral
  8. defensive spirals
  9. defensive tackle
  10. defensive tackles
  11. defensive wound

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