Software Testing Glossary

It is the software ability to be installed in a certain environment.

It is the process of software installability testing.

Instructions provided in any medium, which help the user to carry out the installation process.

Software on any medium that helps to perform the installation process. Generally the wizard performs the installation process, informs about the results of installation and gives an opportunity to select the variant of installation.

Insertion of additional code into the program in order to gather information about program runtime behavior. For example, to measure the code coverage.

Software tool for equipping of control instruments.

A special type of test “to smoke” for taking a decision, whether component or system is ready for further detailed software testing.

The process of integration of components or systems in larger structures.

Testing performed to detect defects in the interfaces and interaction between integrated components or systems.

Testing technique that focuses on testing the application to ensure that interconnections between application functions are correct.