well-behaved

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}.

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