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In [[computing]], the '''robustness principle''' is a design guideline for software that states: "be conservative in what you do, be liberal in what you accept from others". It is often reworded as: "be conservative in what you send, be liberal in what you accept". The principle is also known as '''Postel's law''', after [[Jon Postel]], who used the wording in an early specification of [[Transmission Control Protocol|TCP]].<ref>{{cite IETF |title=Transmission Control Protocol |rfc=761 |editor1-last=Postel |editor1-first=Jon |editor1-link=Jon Postel |date=January 1980 |publisher=[[Internet Engineering Task Force|IETF]] |access-date=June 9, 2014}}</ref>
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