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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>bulletproof</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="bug-of-the-month-club.html" title="bug-of-the-month club"/><link rel="next" href="bullschildt.html" title="bullschildt"/></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">bulletproof</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="bug-of-the-month-club.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">B</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="bullschildt.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><dt><a id="bulletproof"/><dt xmlns="" id="bulletproof"><b>bulletproof</b>: <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="grammar">adj.</span></dt></dt><dd><p> Used of an algorithm or implementation considered extremely
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<a href="../R/robust.html"><i class="glossterm">robust</i></a>; lossage-resistant; capable of correctly
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recovering from any imaginable exception condition — a rare and
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valued quality. Implies that the programmer has thought of all possible
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errors, and added <a href="../C/code.html"><i class="glossterm">code</i></a> to protect against each one.
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Thus, in some cases, this can imply code that is too heavyweight, due to
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excessive paranoia on the part of the
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programmer. Syn. <a href="../A/armor-plated.html"><i class="glossterm">armor-plated</i></a>.</p></dd><div class="navfooter"><hr/><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="bug-of-the-month-club.html">Prev</a> </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="../B.html">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="bullschildt.html">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">bug-of-the-month club </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="../index.html">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> bullschildt</td></tr></table></div></body></html>
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