well-behaved

3 definitions found

well-behaved - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  well-behaved
      adj 1: (usually of children) someone who behaves in a manner
             that the speaker believes is correct; "a well-behaved
             child" [syn: well-behaved, well behaved]

well-behaved - Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (26 May 2007) :

  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.
  
     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.
  
     [Jargon File]
  

well-behaved - Jargon File (4.4.4, 14 Aug 2003) :

  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.