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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>brittle</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="../../jargon.css" type="text/css"/><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.61.0"/><link rel="home" href="../index.html" title="The Jargon File"/><link rel="up" href="../B.html" title="B"/><link rel="previous" href="bring-X-to-its-knees.html" title="bring X to its knees"/><link rel="next" href="broadcast-storm.html" title="broadcast storm"/></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">brittle</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="bring-X-to-its-knees.html">Prev</a><EFBFBD></td><th width="60%" align="center">B</th><td width="20%" align="right"><EFBFBD><a accesskey="n" href="broadcast-storm.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><dt><a id="brittle"/><dt xmlns="" id="brittle"><b>brittle</b>: <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="grammar">adj.</span></dt></dt><dd><p> Said of software that is functional but easily broken by changes in
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operating environment or configuration, or by any minor tweak to the
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software itself. Also, any system that responds inappropriately and
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disastrously to abnormal but expected external stimuli; e.g., a file system
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that is usually totally scrambled by a power failure is said to be brittle.
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This term is often used to describe the results of a research effort that
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were never intended to be robust, but it can be applied to commercial
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software, which (due to closed-source development) displays the quality far
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more often than it ought to. Oppose <a href="../R/robust.html"><i class="glossterm">robust</i></a>.</p></dd><div class="navfooter"><hr/><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="bring-X-to-its-knees.html">Prev</a><EFBFBD></td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="../B.html">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right"><EFBFBD><a accesskey="n" href="broadcast-storm.html">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">bring X to its knees<65></td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="../index.html">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"><EFBFBD>broadcast storm</td></tr></table></div></body></html>
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