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4 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Bullet-proof \Bul"let-proof`\, a. Capable of resisting the force of a bullet. {Bullet tree}. See {Bully tree}. {Bullet wood}, the wood of the bullet tree. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: bulletproof adj : not penetrable by bullets From Jargon File (4.2.3, 23 NOV 2000) [jargon]: bulletproof adj Used of an algorithm or implementation considered extremely {robust}; lossage-resistant; capable of correctly recovering from any imaginable exception condition -- a rare and valued quality. Implies that the programmer has thought of all possible errors, and added {code} to protect against each one Thus in some cases, this can imply code that is too heavyweight, due to excessive paranoia on the part of the programmer. Syn. {armor-plated}. From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (13 Mar 01) [foldoc]: bulletproof Used of an algorithm or implementation considered extremely {robust}; lossage-resistant; capable of correctly recovering from any imaginable exception condition - a rare and valued quality. Synonym {armor-plated}. [{Jargon File}]
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