robot n.
See bot.
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robust adj.
Said of a system that has demonstrated an ability to recover
gracefully from the whole range of exceptional inputs and
situations in a given environment. One step below bulletproof. Carries the additional
connotation of elegance in addition to just careful attention to
detail. Compare smart, oppose brittle.
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rococo adj.
Terminally baroque. Used to
imply that a program has become so encrusted with the software
equivalent of gold leaf and curlicues that they have completely
swamped the underlying design. Called after the later and more
extreme forms of Baroque architecture and decoration prevalent
during the mid-1700s in Europe. Alan Perlis said: "Every program
eventually becomes rococo, and then rubble." Compare critical mass.