well-behaved
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well-behaved
(1)[primarily MS-DOS] Said of software conforming to system
interface guidelines and standards. Well-behaved software
uses the operating system to do chores such as keyboard
input, allocating memory and drawing graphics. Oppose
ill-behaved.
well-behaved
(2)Software that does its job quietly and without
counterintuitive effects. Especially 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.
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well-behaved
Programs that do not deviate from a standard. A program that is not well-behaved (ill-behaved) typically bypasses the operating system or some other control program and accesses the hardware directly in order to improve performance.Copyright © 1981-2019 by The Computer Language Company Inc. All Rights reserved. THIS DEFINITION IS FOR PERSONAL USE ONLY. All other reproduction is strictly prohibited without permission from the publisher.