[Yr11 Information Technology] Tolerance and Robustness

[Mark]

As I see it...

*Tolerance* is the capacity of software to forgive *user* errors, such as
when they accidentally click on a link or make other typical errors. A
tolerant interface will allow the user to cancel, go back, or undo an
action.

*Robustness* is the capacity of a system to cope with stressful or unusual
*runtime* *environmental problems*, such as running low on memory or disk
space, equipment faults (e.g. printer not found), dumb/invalid/unexpected
user inputs, high usage levels, and uncommon but feasible events that would
break lesser software - for example, coping with a user whose street
address is just "11 Broadway" with no "Rd", "St" or "Av" field.

Mark


On 14 June 2016 at 13:26, Victoria Farrell <FarrellV at humegrammar.vic.edu.au>
wrote:

> what is the difference between Tolerance and Robustness
>
> BTW: We're using VB2015 (Visual Studio Community 2015)
>
> Hoping next year to introduce Python once I learn how to create a GUI for
> Python - going to experiment with Django since Tkinter is so difficult to
> fathom.
>
>
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