Software Testing Glossary

It is a test tool performing automatic comparison of actual and expected result.

It is the process of discovering the difference between actual results issued by tested component or system and the expected result of the test.

It is an object or event in a component or a system that must be checked by one or several test suites.

The task of testing managing associated with the development and application of corrective measures complex to return the testing of the project to the schedule in the case of detecting deviations from the plan.

It is performance of a testing process of one unique version of the tested object.

It is data that exist (for example, in a database) at the beginning of a test execution and affect the process or are affected by the test system or component.

Type of test tool that allows you to select data from existing databases, or to create, generate, process and edit the data for use in software testing.

Any test product that must be delivered to someone other than the test product’s author.

The process of the general testing requirements translation into the specific test conditions and test cases.

A document describing the test condition (coverage items) for a test elements and detailed approach to testing and identifying the appropriate high level test cases.