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Describe program reliability.

Describe program reliability.

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Kavungya
A program is said to be reliable if it performs its specifications under all conditions. The characteristics that contribute towards this are:
i) Type checking: This refers to simply testing for typing errors in a program, either during program translation or execution time.
ii) Exception handling: this refers to the ability of a program to intercept run-time errors, take corrective measures and then proceed with execution.
iii) Aliasing: This feature refers to the ability of having two or more distinct referencing methods, or names for the same memory cell.
Kavungya answered the question on May 17, 2019 at 06:34

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