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Computer networking

the design maxim to be strict in what one sends and lenient in what one accepts, with later costs for interoperability and security.

In computer networking, Postel's law refers to the design maxim to be strict in what one sends and lenient in what one accepts, with later costs for interoperability and security. This meaning comes from Allman (2011) in Communications of the ACM.[1]

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Allman, E. (2011). The robustness principle reconsidered. Communications of the ACM, 54(8), 40-45. https://doi.org/10.1145/1978542.1978557

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