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brittle

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(jargon)brittle - Said of software that is functional but easily broken by changes in operating environment or configuration, or by any minor tweak to the software itself. Also, any system that responds inappropriately and disastrously to abnormal but expected external stimuli; e.g. a file system that is usually totally scrambled by a power failure is said to be brittle. This term is often used to describe the results of a research effort that were never intended to be robust, but it can be applied to commercially developed software, which displays the quality far more often than it ought to.

Opposite of robust.


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These are, first, such as have brittle wits, the edge whereof is soon turned; such as was Hermogenes the rhetorician, whose books are exceeding subtle; who afterwards waxed stupid.
The Essays by Bacon, Sir Francis View in context
I was wrong to make you as I did, for a more useless, conceited and brittle thing never before existed.
The Patchwork Girl of Oz by Baum, L. Frank View in context
"Now, my boy, times have changed," Del Mar addressed him in cold, brittle tones.
Michael, Brother of Jerry by London, Jack View in context
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