Meaning

3 senses
  1. A problem or situation that occurs only at an extreme (maximum or minimum) operating parameter or under other unusual operating conditions.

  2. (broadly)Any extremely rare situation.

  3. (broadly)Any unexpected input or user behaviour.

Examples

3 sentences
  1. In programming as in logic, testing edge cases is mandatory.

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  2. You're supposed to test edge cases; they can't just be dismissed.

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  3. Edge cases are extremely important to testing the soundness of an argument.

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Forms

plural: edge cases

Synonyms

1 synonyms

Word family

1 related words
Relatedlimit case

See also

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