crashable
English
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[edit]crashable (not comparable)
- That can be crashed (sped up, as part of a schedule).
- 1954, Management Science, volume 49, page 962:
- […] tasks have multiple crashable modes. They show that this problem can be formulated as the dual network flow problem […]
- Able to be crashed (made to collide, e.g. a motor vehicle).
- 1971, Automated guideway transportation between and within cities, volume 1, page 107:
- […] cars "crashable" in terms of safety and cost. The second tradeoff involves the increased control complexity to permit running cars at zero separation, or bumper to bumper.
- (computing) That can be crashed (made to malfunction and terminate).
- 1989, PC Mag, volume 8, number 5, page 276:
- If you plan to plot data with error bars, you must name them with an. ERR extension. Failure to do so will crash the system, and you will lose your precious work. Providing you don't input Ctrl-Alt-Del, no program should be crashable from the keyboard, especially as the result of such a minor transgression as this.