"defensive programming" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} defensive programming (uncountable)
  1. (programming) A form of defensive design aiming to ensure the continuing functioning of a piece of software in spite of unforeseeable usage of it. Tags: uncountable Hypernyms: computer programming Translations (Translations): defensives Programmieren [neuter] (German), programação defensiva [feminine] (Portuguese), programare defensivă [feminine] (Romanian)
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