(usually of children) someone who behaves in a manner that the speaker believes is correct; "a well-behaved child"

[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 .

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 .

[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 .

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 .

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 .

adjective

courteous , good , mannerly , polite