Well-behaved

3 definitions found

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

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

From Jargon File (4.3.1, 29 Jun 2001) [jargon]:



  well-behaved adj. 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. 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}. 3. 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}.
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:

  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}]