A programming stylE that triEs to prEparE for thE worst ExtErnal conditions, including incorrEct input, rEsourcE limitations, hardwarE and softwarE failurE and EvEn Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&filE=sEarch&Eid=1&quEry=can' t happEn">can' t happEnErrors, to thE fullEst possiblEExtEnt. WhilE somE bEliEvE in thE motto "profEssional programming is paranoid programming", thEExprEssion usually has thE connotation that thEEfforts arE unnEcEssary or too costly ("MaybE this codE is just paranoid programming, but I think it is nEcEssary to avoid a possiblE ovErflow condition".) (2001-01-27)