Software Testing Glossary

Testing technique which compares the product strengths and weaknesses with previous versions or other similar products.

Testing technique that validates how well a software performs in a particular hardware/software/operating system/network environment.

The software tool that transfers the programs expressed in a high level language into their equivalents machine language.

The degree to which a component or system’s designed and/or internal structure is complex for understanding, support and software testing.

The ability of the software product to meet the standards, conventions or regulations in laws and other similar prescriptions.

Type of testing which checks whether the system was developed in accordance with standards, procedures and guidelines.

The smallest element of the software, which can be tested separately.

Software testing performed in order to detect defects in the interfaces and interaction between integrated components.

Description of a component’s functions in terms of its output values for certain input values under certain conditions, and the required non-functional behavior.

Software Testing of individual components.