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Robust

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Resistant to failure under stress. In engineering, testable. In slide decks, an adjective applied to anything that hasn't failed publicly yet.

Heard in the wild

“We need a more robust failover than 'restart it and hope.'”

Tone check: Technical

Real term, real property. 'Robust' without failure-mode specifics is just confidence.

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