Software Testing Glossary

It is a programming language in which test scripts for a test execution tool are written (for example: means of capture/playback).

An iterative incremental framework for managing projects commonly used with agile software development.

Properties of the software, reflecting its ability to prevent accidental or deliberate unauthorized access to programs and data.

Software testing performed in order to determine the safety of a software product.

Tools that support testing of security features and vulnerabilities.

Tool that provides operational security.

A method for measuring and managing session-based testing, for example, exploratory testing.

An approach to testing in which test activities are planned as uninterrupted sessions of test design and execution, often used in conjunction with exploratory testing.

The importance of the specific defect impact to the design or operation of a component or system.

A programming language/interpreter technique for evaluating compound conditions in which a condition on one side of a logical operator may not be evaluated if the condition on the other side is sufficient to determine the final outcome.