Meaning well-behaved
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well-behaved


1590s, from well (adv.) + past participle of behave (v.).
Source: etymonline.com

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adj. 1. [primarily {MS-DOS}] Said of software conforming to system interface guidelines and standards. Well-behaved software uses the operating system to do chores such as keyboard input, allocating m [..]
Source: hacker-dictionary.com

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well-behaved


(adj) (usually of children) someone who behaves in a manner that the speaker believes is correct
Source: beedictionary.com

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Acting in accordance with standards; software is said to be well-behaved if it uses the operating system in the expected way for such tasks as screen display, keyboard input, disk input/output, etc. P [..]
Source: computeruser.com

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well-behaved


(of a person or animal) Having good manners and acting properly; conforming to standards of good behaviour; ''The boy is well behaved and is seldom naughty.'' (mathematics) Having intuitive, eas [..]
Source: en.wiktionary.org





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