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Software testing
Processes and functions that result in data relating to the usability of a computer program.
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cyclomatic complexity
Software; Software testing
A measure of the logical complexity of an algorithm, used in white-box testing.
backus-naur form
Software; Software testing
A metalanguage used to formally describe the syntax of a language.
component
Software; Software testing
A minimal software item for which a separate specification is available.
error
Software; Software testing
A mistake in the system under test; usually but not always a coding mistake on the part of the developer.
data flow diagram
Software; Software testing
A modeling notation that represents a functional decomposition of a system.
equivalence class
Software; Software testing
A portion of a component's input or output domains for which the component's behaviour is assumed to be the same from the component's specification.
release candidate
Software; Software testing
A pre-release version, which contains the desired functionality of the final version, but which needs to be tested for bugs (which ideally should be removed before the final version is released).
