Software Testing Glossary

Actions during which the system is compiled and collected a whole daily (usually at night), so that the integrated system is available at any time and includes all the latest changes.

A representation of dynamic measurements of operational performance for some organization or activity, using metrics represented via metaphores such as visual ‘dials’, ‘counters’, and other devices resembling those on the dashboard of an automobile, so that the effects of events or activities can be easily understood and related to operational goals.

Executable statement, in which the variable is assigned a certain value.

Software testing technique of writing automated test cases in which the input test data and expected results are stored in tables, so that a single script can perform all the tests in the table.

Abstract representation of the sequence and possible changes of the data objects’ state, where the object’s state is represented as the creation, usage or destruction.

Type of static analysis based on the definition and using of variables.

Percentage of “determination-usage” couples  that have been tested by a set of tests.

Test development based on the use of the white box testing in which test cases are designed to test the pair “definition-use” for variables.

An attribute of data that indicates correctness with respect to some predefined criteria, for example, business expectations, requirements on data integrity, data consistency.

It is testing of methods and processes used to access and manipulate data in order to verify that the methods, processes, and access rules work properly and the database data are not damaged or unexpectedly deleted, updated or created during the database access.