Computer Science GCSE
Anticipating misuse
What Anticipating misuse means in Computer Science GCSE, as defined for OCR.
Definition of Anticipating misuse
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Reference: OCR
Thinking about every way a user could enter wrong, missing or harmful data, or use the system in an unintended order, and then building safeguards before release.
Topics that use Anticipating misuse
- Defensive design (OCR GCSE)
Related terms
- Authentication
- Indentation
- Presence check
- Range check
- Defensive design
- Format check
- Input validation
- Maintainability
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