прилагательное ломкий, хрупкий Синоним(ы): fragile
ломкий, хрупкий
I. adjective (brittler; brittlest) Etymology: Middle English britil; akin to Old English brēotan to break, Old Norse brjōta 1. a. easily broken, cracked, or snapped Example: brittle clay Example: brittle glass b. easily disrupted, overthrown, or damaged; frail Example: a brittle friendship 2. a. perishable, mortal b. transitory, evanescent 3. easily hurt or offended; sensitive Example: a brittle personality 4. sharp Example: the brittle staccato of snare drums 5. lacking warmth, depth, or generosity of spirit; cold Example: a brittle selfish person 6. affected with or being a form of type 1 diabetes characterized by large and unpredictable fluctuations in blood glucose level Synonyms: see fragile • brittlely adverb • brittleness noun II. noun a candy made with caramelized sugar and nuts spread in thin sheets Example: peanut brittle
Said of software that is functional but easily broken by changes in operating environment or configuration, or by any minor tweak to the software itself. Also, any system that responds inappropriately and disastrously to abnormal but expected external stimuli; e.g. a file system that is usually totally scrambled by a power failure is said to be brittle. This term is often used to describe the results of a research effort that were never intended to be robust, but it can be applied to commercially developed software, which displays the quality far more often than it ought to. Opposite of robust.