Software Testing Glossary

Exit criteria to be met by the component or system, in order to be accepted by the user, customer or other authorized person.

Formal testing with respect to the needs, requirements and business demands of the user.

Software testing performed in order to determine the ease with which users with disabilities can use the system or its components.

It is the ability of software to provide the right or coordinated results or actions with the required level of accuracy.

The process of testing to determine the accuracy of a software product.

The phase within the IDEAL model where the improvements are developed, put into practice, and deployed across the organization.

Type of testing consisting in introducing test data and analyzing the execution results.

User or any other person or system that interacts with the system under test in a specific way.

It is observed or generated behavior of a component or a system during testing.

Ad hoc testing is performed without formal preparation of test cases, formal test cases’ designing and defining expectations and guidelines for the test performance.