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well-behaved
adj. 1. Software that does its job quietly and without counterintuitive effects. Esp.: said of software having an interface spec sufficiently simple and well-defined that it can be used as a tool by other software. See cat. 2. Said of an algorithm that doesn't crash or blow up , even when given pathological input. Implies that the stability of the algorithm is intrinsic, which makes this somewhat different from bulletproof.