Tuesday, January 6, 2009

Glossary - M (part 1)

Metric: A standard of measurement. Software metrics are the statistics describing the structure or content of a program. A metric should be a real objective measurement of something such as number of bugs per lines of code.


Monkey Testing: Testing a system or an Application on the fly, i.e just few tests here and there to ensure the system or an application does not crash out.



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Glossary - L (part 1)

Load Testing: See Performance Testing.

Localization Testing: This term refers to making software specifically designed for a specific locality.


Loop Testing: A white box testing technique that exercises program loops.



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Glossary - L (part 1)

Load Testing: See Performance Testing.

Localization Testing: This term refers to making software specifically designed for a specific locality.


Loop Testing: A white box testing technique that exercises program loops.



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Glossary - I (part 1)

Independent Test Group (ITG): A group of people whose primary responsibility is software testing,


Inspection: A group review quality improvement process for written material. It consists of two aspects; product (document itself) improvement and process improvement (of both document production and inspection).


Integration Testing: Testing of combined parts of an application to determine if they function together correctly. Usually performed after unit and functional testing. This type of testing is especially relevant to client/server and distributed systems.


Installation Testing: Confirms that the application under test recovers from expected or unexpected events without loss of data or functionality. Events can include shortage of disk space, unexpected loss of communication, or power out conditions.



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Glossary - H (part 1)

High Order Tests: Black-box tests conducted once the software has been integrated.




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Glossary - H (part 1)

High Order Tests: Black-box tests conducted once the software has been integrated.




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Glossary - G (part 1)

Glass Box Testing: A synonym for White Box Testing.


Gorilla Testing: Testing one particular module,functionality heavily.


Gray Box Testing: A combination of Black Box and White Box testing methodologies: testing a piece of software against its specification but using some knowledge of its internal workings.


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