English Dictionary: bulletproof | by the DICT Development Group |
4 results for bulletproof | |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Bullet-proof \Bul"let-proof`\, a. Capable of resisting the force of a bullet. {Bullet tree}. See {Bully tree}. {Bullet wood}, the wood of the bullet tree. | |
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]: | |
bulletproof adj. Used of an algorithm or implementation considered extremely {robust}; lossage-resistant; capable of correctly recovering from any imaginable exception condition -- a rare and valued quality. Implies that the programmer has thought of all possible errors, and added {code} to protect against each one. Thus, in some cases, this can imply code that is too heavyweight, due to excessive paranoia on the part of the programmer. Syn. {armor-plated}. | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
bulletproof Used of an algorithm or implementation considered extremely {robust}; lossage-resistant; capable of correctly recovering from any imaginable exception condition - a rare and valued quality. Synonym {armor-plated}. [{Jargon File}] |