Software Testing Glossary

An indicator of psychological preference representing the different personalities and communication styles of people.

The percentage of sequences of N+1 transitions that have been exercised by a test suite.

Type of state transition testing in which test cases are designed to execute all valid sequences of N +1 transitions.

Testing aimed at demonstrating that the system or component is not working.

A form of integration testing where all of the nodes that connect to a given node are the basis for the integration testing.

Failure to comply with certain requirements.

A requirement that does not relate to functionality, but to attributes such as reliability, efficiency, usability, maintainability and portability.

Procedure to derive and/or select test cases for nonfunctional testing based on an analysis of the specification of a component or system without reference to its internal structure.

Testing technique which focuses on testing of a software application for its non-functional requirements.

The software developed for the broad market, i.e. for a large number of customers, and supplied in the same configuration.