Edge cases

What is Edge cases?

Scenarios or inputs that occur at the extreme ends of the operating spectrum and may not have been fully addressed during initial system design or training.

In other languages

한국어엣지 케이스

알고리즘이 처리해야 하는 데이터 중 발생 빈도가 낮거나 일반적이지 않은 예외적인 상황.

日本語エッジケース

通常の運用範囲から外れた、極めて稀、あるいは想定外の特殊な条件下で発生する事象や問題。

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