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A57 terms
- A/B Testing
- Abnormal End
- Abstract Test Case
- Abuse Case
- Acceptance Criteria
- Acceptance Test-Driven Development
- Acceptance Testing
- Accessibility
- Accessibility Testing
- Account Harvesting
- Accountability
- Actual Result
- Ad-Hoc Reports
- Ad-Hoc Review
- Ad-Hoc Testing
- Adaptability
- Adversarial Example
- Adversarial Testing
- Agile Manifesto
- Agile Manifesto Principles
- Agile Manifesto Values
- Agile Methodology
- Agile Model
- Agile Software Development
- Agile Test Leader
- Agile Test Team Leader
- AI Hallucination
- AI Prompting
- Algorithm
- Alpha Testing
- Analysability
- Analytical Test Strategy
- Anomaly
- Anti-Malware
- API Testing
- Application Programming Interface (API)
- Appraisal
- Appropriateness Recognisability
- Architecture
- Artificial Intelligence (AI)
- Assertion
- Atomic Condition
- Attack Vector
- Attacker
- Audio Testing
- Audit
- Audit Trails
- Authentication
- Authenticity
- Authorisation
- Automated Testing
- Automated Testing Tools
- Automation Code Defect Density
- Automotive Safety Integrity Level (ASIL)
- Automotive SPICE
- Availability
- Availability Testing
B34 terms
- Back-to-Back Testing
- Backup and Recovery
- Backup Retention
- Baseline Testing
- BDD
- Behaviour-Driven Development
- Benchmark Testing
- Beta Testing
- Big Data
- Big-Bang Approach
- Black Box
- Black-Box Test Technique
- Black-Box Testing
- Botnet
- Bottom-Up Approach
- Boundary Value
- Boundary Value Analysis
- Branch
- Branch Coverage
- Branch Coverage Testing
- Branch Testing
- BrowserStack
- Bug
- Bug Fix Report
- Bug Hunting
- Bug Leakage
- Bugzilla
- Build Verification Test (BVT)
- Built-In Quality
- Business Analyst
- Business Intelligence
- Business Policies & Procedures
- Business Requirements Specification (BRS)
- Business Rules
C86 terms
- Call to Action (CTA)
- Capability Maturity Model Integration (CMMI)
- Capacity
- Capacity Testing
- CAPTCHA
- Capture/Playback
- Capture/Playback Tool
- Capture/Replay
- Capture/Replay Tool
- Causal Loop Diagram
- Cause-Effect Diagram
- Cause-Effect Graph
- Certification
- Change Control Board (CCB)
- Change-Related Testing
- Chatbot
- Checklist-Based Review
- Checklist-Based Testing
- Chrome DevTools
- CI/CD
- CI/CD Pipeline
- Classification Tree
- Classification Tree Technique
- Client
- Client-Server
- Closed-Loop-System
- Cloud Computing
- Cloud-Based Testing
- Code Analysis
- Code Coverage
- Code Injection
- Code Review
- Coding Standard
- Coexistence
- Collaboration-Based Test Approach
- Combinatorial Testing
- Command-Line Interface (CLI)
- Command-Line Interface Testing
- Commercial Off-The-Shelf (COTS)
- Compatibility
- Compatibility Testing
- Compliance
- Compliance Testing
- Component
- Component Integration Testing
- Component Testing
- Computer Forensics
- Concrete Test Case
- Concurrency
- Concurrency Testing
- Condition Coverage
- Condition Testing
- Confidence Interval
- Confidentiality
- Configuration Management
- Configuration Testing
- Confirmation Testing
- Connectivity
- Consortium for Information and Software Quality (CISQ)
- Consultative Test Strategy
- Context of Use
- Continuous Delivery
- Continuous Deployment (CD)
- Continuous Integration (CI)
- Continuous Testing
- Contract Testing
- Contractual Acceptance Testing
- Control Chart
- Control Flow
- Control Flow Analysis
- Convergence Metric
- Cost of Quality
- Coverage
- Coverage Criteria
- Coverage Item
- Critical Testing Processes (CTP)
- CRM
- Cross-Browser Compatibility
- Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)
- Crowd Testing
- CSS (Cascading Style Sheets)
- CTA (Call to Action)
- Custom Tool
- Customer
- Customer Relationship Management (CRM)
- Cyclomatic Complexity
D88 terms
- Daily Scrum
- Dashboards
- Data Analysis
- Data Analytics
- Data Backup
- Data Cleaning
- Data Cleansing
- Data Collection
- Data Completeness
- Data Encryption
- Data Entry
- Data Flow
- Data Flow Analysis
- Data Flow Diagrams (DFDs)
- Data Format
- Data Governance
- Data Integration
- Data Integrity
- Data Interoperability
- Data Mapping
- Data Model
- Data Obfuscation
- Data Privacy
- Data Profiling
- Data Quality
- Data Recovery
- Data Scrubbing
- Data Security
- Data Source
- Data Storage
- Data Transformation
- Data Visualisation
- Data Volume
- Data Warehouse
- Data Warehouse Testing
- Data-Driven Testing
- Database
- Database Testing
- Debugging
- Decision Coverage
- Decision Table
- Decision Table Testing
- Decision Testing
- Defect
- Defect Analysis
- Defect Classifications
- Defect Closure
- Defect Density
- Defect Detection Percentage (DDP)
- Defect Fix
- Defect Identification
- Defect Life Cycle
- Defect Management
- Defect Management Committee
- Defect Prevention
- Defect Removal Efficiency
- Defect Report
- Defect Retesting
- Defect Summary Report
- Defect Taxonomy
- Defect Tracking
- Defect Tracking Tools
- Defect Triage
- Defect Verification
- Defect Workaround
- Defect Workflow
- Defect-Based Test Technique
- Definition of Done
- Definition-Use Pair
- Demilitarised Zone (DMZ)
- Denial of Service (DoS)
- Deployment
- Design Phase
- Design Review
- Developer
- Development
- Development Environment
- Development Phase
- Development Team
- Device Farm
- Device-Based Testing
- DevOps
- DevSecOps
- DevTools
- Disaster Recovery
- Driver
- Dynamic Analysis
- Dynamic Testing
E32 terms
- E-commerce
- Edge Case
- Effectiveness
- Efficiency
- EFQM
- Emulators
- Encryption
- End User
- End-to-End Testing
- Endurance Testing
- Entity-Relationship Diagram
- Entry Criteria
- Environment
- Environment Model
- Epic
- Equivalence Partition
- Equivalence Partitioning
- Equivalent Manual Test Effort
- Ergonomics Testing
- Error
- Error Guessing
- Error Handling
- Escaped Defect
- Ethical Hacker
- Exhaustive Testing
- Exit Criteria
- Expected Result
- Experience-Based Testing
- Expert Usability Review
- Exploratory Testing
- External Failure
- External Testing
F37 terms
- Failed
- Failover
- Failover Testing
- Failure
- Failure Mode
- Failure Mode and Effect Analysis (FMEA)
- Failure Rate
- False Negative
- False Positive
- Fault
- Fault Attack
- Fault Injection
- Feature
- Feature-Driven Development
- Field Testing
- Figma
- File Transfer Protocol (FTP)
- Finding
- Firefox Responsive Design Mode
- Firewall
- Fishbone Diagram
- Follow-Up Test Case
- Formal Review
- Formative Evaluation
- FTP
- Full Stack
- Full Stack Developer
- Functional Appropriateness
- Functional Completeness
- Functional Correctness
- Functional Coverage
- Functional Requirements
- Functional Requirements Specification (FRS)
- Functional Safety
- Functional Suitability
- Functional Testing
- Fuzz Testing
G8 terms
H22 terms
- Hacker
- Happy Path
- Hardware in the Loop
- Hashing
- Heuristic
- Heuristic Evaluation
- High-Level Design (HLD)
- HLD
- HP QC ALM
- HTML
- HTTP
- HTTP Requests
- HTTP Response
- Human-Centred Design
- Human-Centred Testing
- Human-in-the-Loop Model
- Hybrid Approach
- Hybrid Methodologies
- Hyperlink
- Hypertext Markup Language (HTML)
- Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP)
- Hypothesis Testing
I38 terms
- IEEE
- Impact Analysis
- Impediments
- In-flight
- In-Person Testing
- Increment
- Incremental Development Model
- Incremental Model
- Independence of Testing
- Independent Test Lab (ITL)
- Informal Review
- Information Assurance
- Initiatives
- Input Data Testing
- Insider Threat
- Insourced Testing
- Inspection
- Installability
- Integration
- Integration Testing
- Integrity
- Interface Testing
- Internal Failure
- Internal Testing
- Internationalisation
- Internationalisation Testing
- Internet of Things (IoT)
- Interoperability
- Interoperability Testing
- Intrusion Detection System (IDS)
- IoT
- Ishikawa Diagram
- ISO (International Organisation for Standardisation)
- Issue
- ISTQB
- Iterative Development Model
- Iterative Model
- ITL
J1 term
K5 terms
L20 terms
M61 terms
- Machine Learning (ML)
- Maintainability
- Maintainability Testing
- Maintenance
- Maintenance Testing
- Malware
- Malware Scanning
- Management Review
- Mandatory Testing
- Manual Testing
- Manufacturing-Based Quality
- Markdown Table
- Master Test Plan
- Math Testing
- Matrix Testing
- Maturity
- MBT Model
- Mean Time Between Failures (MTBF)
- Mean Time to Detect (MTTD)
- Mean Time to Failure (MTTF)
- Mean Time to Repair (MTTR)
- Mean Time to Resolve (MTTR)
- Measurement
- Memory Leak
- Metadata
- Metamorphic Relation
- Metamorphic Testing
- Method Table
- Methodical Test Strategy
- Metric
- Metrics Reports
- MFA
- Minimum Viable Product
- ML Functional Performance
- ML Functional Performance Criteria
- ML Functional Performance Metrics
- ML Model
- ML Model Testing
- Mobile Applications
- Mobile Devices
- Mock
- Mock-Ups
- Model Coverage
- Model in the Loop (MiL)
- Model-Based Test Strategy
- Model-Based Testing
- Moderated Testing
- Moderator
- Modifiability
- Modified Condition/Decision Coverage (MCDC)
- Modified Condition/Decision Testing (MCDT)
- Modularity
- Monitoring
- Monitoring Tool
- Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA)
- Multiplayer Testing
- Multiple Condition Coverage
- Multiple Condition Testing
- Mutation Testing
- MVP
- Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI)
N13 terms
- N-Switch Coverage
- Natural Language Testing
- Natural Language Testing Tools
- Negative Scenario
- Negative Testing
- Neighbourhood Integration Testing
- Network Testing
- Network Zone
- Neuron Coverage
- Non-Functional Requirements (NFR)
- Non-Functional Requirements Specification (NFRS)
- Non-Functional Testing (NFT)
- Non-Repudiation
O15 terms
P49 terms
- Pair Testing
- Pairwise Integration Testing
- Pairwise Testing
- Par Sheet Testing
- Passed
- Password Cracking
- Path
- Path Coverage Testing
- Pattern Testing
- PCI DSS
- Peer Review
- Pen Tester
- Penetration Testing
- Performance Efficiency
- Performance Testing
- Performance Testing Engineer
- Performance Testing Tool
- Perspective-Based Reading
- Pharming
- Phase Containment
- Phishing
- Planning Poker
- Player Perspective Testing
- Playtest
- Portability
- Portability Testing
- Positive Scenario
- Post-Condition
- Post-Launch Maintenance
- Post-Release Testing
- Pre-Conditions
- Pre-Production Testing
- Pre-Requisites
- Priority
- PRISMA
- Probe Effect
- Process Assessment
- Process-Compliant Test Strategy
- Process-Driven Scripting
- Product Backlog
- Product Owner
- Product Risk
- Product Roadmap
- Product-Based Quality
- Production Testing
- Programmer
- Project Risk
- Proximity-Based Testing
- Pseudo-Oracle
Q18 terms
R68 terms
- RACI
- RACI Matrix
- Ramp-Down
- Ramp-Up
- Random Testing
- RCA
- Reactive Test Strategy
- Reactive Testing
- Real-World Simulation
- Reconnaissance
- Recoverability
- Recovery Point Objective (RPO)
- Recovery Time Objective (RTO)
- Refactoring Code
- Regression Testing
- Regression-Averse Test Strategy
- Regulatory Acceptance Testing
- Release Management
- Release Notes
- Release Readiness Report
- Reliability
- Reliability Growth Model
- Reliability Testing
- Remote Test Lab
- Remote Testing
- Replaceability
- Request For Change (RFC)
- Requirement
- Requirement ID
- Requirements Analysis
- Requirements Coverage
- Requirements Reviews
- Requirements Specification
- Requirements Traceability Matrix
- Requirements-Based Testing
- Resilience Testing
- Resource Utilisation
- Response Time
- Responsinator
- Responsive Design
- Responsive Website
- Responsive Website Testing
- Retesting
- Retrospective
- Reusability
- Review
- Review Plan
- Reviewer
- RFC
- Risk
- Risk Analysis
- Risk Assessment
- Risk Control
- Risk Identification
- Risk Impact
- Risk Level
- Risk Likelihood
- Risk Management
- Risk Mitigation
- Risk Monitoring
- Risk-Based Coverage
- Risk-Based Testing
- Role-Based Review
- Root Cause
- Root Cause Analysis (RCA)
- RPO
- RTM
- RTO
S113 terms
- Safety Integrity Level
- Salting
- Sandbox
- Sandwich Approach
- Sanity Testing
- Scalability
- Scalability Testing
- Scenario-Based Review
- Schema Validation
- Scope
- Scope Creep
- Screen Reader
- Scribe
- Script Kiddie
- Scripted Testing
- Scrum
- Scrum Ceremonies
- Scrum Events
- Scrum Master
- Scrumban
- SDLC
- Search Engine Optimisation
- Security
- Security Attack
- Security Audit
- Security Policy
- Security Procedure
- Security Risk
- Security Testing
- Security Testing Engineer
- Security Vulnerability
- Self-Healing
- SEO
- Sequential Development Model
- Server-Client
- Service Level Agreement
- Service Virtualisation
- Session Data
- Session-Based Test Management
- Session-Based Testing
- Severity
- Shift Left
- Shift Right
- Sign Change Coverage
- Sign-Sign Coverage
- SiL
- Simulator
- Single Sign-On (SSO)
- SLA
- SMART Goal Methodology
- SME
- Smoke Test
- Soak Testing
- Social Engineering
- Software Code
- Software Development
- Software Development Life Cycle
- Software in the Loop
- Software Lifecycle
- Software Patch
- Software Process Improvement
- Software Qualification Test
- Software Quality
- Software Requirements
- Software Test Methodology
- Software Tester
- Software Testing Life Cycle
- Software Usability Measurement Inventory
- Source Test Case
- Specification by Example
- Spike Testing
- SPOC
- Sprint
- Sprint Backlog
- Sprint Burn-Down Chart
- Sprint Planning
- Sprint Retrospective
- Sprint Review
- SQL Injection
- Square (System and Software Quality Requirements and Evaluation)
- SSO
- Stability Testing
- Staging Environment
- Stakeholder
- Standard-Compliant Test Strategy
- State Transition Testing
- Statement Coverage
- Statement Coverage Testing
- Statement Testing
- Static Analysis
- Static Testing
- STLC
- Story Points
- Stress Testing
- Structural Coverage
- Structured Scripting
- Stub
- Stubs & Drivers
- Subject Matter Expert
- Summative Evaluation
- Surface Conflicts
- Synthetic Test Data
- System Architecture
- System Hardening
- System Integration Testing
- System of Systems
- System Qualification Test
- System Requirements Specification (SRS)
- System Testing
- System Throughput
- System Under Test
- System Usability Scale
- Systematic Test and Evaluation Process
T153 terms
- TCP/IP
- TDD
- Tech Stack
- Technical Requirements Specification (TRS)
- Technical Review
- Technical Standards
- Test
- Test Adaptation Layer
- Test Analysis
- Test Analyst
- Test Approach
- Test Approvals
- Test Architect
- Test Artefacts
- Test Artefacts Handover
- Test Automation
- Test Automation Architecture
- Test Automation Engineer
- Test Automation Framework
- Test Automation Manager
- Test Automation ROI
- Test Automation Solution
- Test Automation Strategy
- Test Basis
- Test Case
- Test Case Explosion
- Test Case ID
- Test Charter
- Test Closure
- Test Closure Checklist
- Test Closure Meeting
- Test Closure Report
- Test Completion
- Test Completion Report
- Test Condition
- Test Control
- Test Coordinator
- Test Coverage
- Test Cycle
- Test Data
- Test Data Management
- Test Data Preparation
- Test Definition Layer
- Test Design
- Test Director
- Test Double
- Test Effort & Estimation
- Test Engineer
- Test Environment
- Test Estimation
- Test Evidence
- Test Execution
- Test Execution Automation
- Test Execution Layer
- Test Execution Report
- Test Execution Schedule
- Test Execution Tool
- Test Fixture
- Test Generation Layer
- Test Governance
- Test Harness
- Test Histogram
- Test Hook
- Test Implementation
- Test Improvement Plan
- Test Infrastructure
- Test Item
- Test KPIs
- Test Lead
- Test Level
- Test Log
- Test Logging
- Test Management
- Test Management Tool
- Test Manager
- Test Maturity Model Integration
- Test Methodology
- Test Metric
- Test Mission
- Test Model
- Test Monitoring
- Test Object
- Test Objective
- Test Oracle
- Test Outcome
- Test Plan
- Test Planning
- Test Point Analysis
- Test Policy
- Test Procedure
- Test Process
- Test Process Group
- Test Process Improvement
- Test Process Improvement Manifesto
- Test Process Improver
- Test Progress
- Test Progress Report
- Test Pyramid
- Test Report
- Test Reporting
- Test Result
- Test Run
- Test Scenario
- Test Schedule
- Test Scope
- Test Script
- Test Selection Criteria
- Test Session
- Test Sign-Off
- Test Specification
- Test Status
- Test Step
- Test Strategy
- Test Suite
- Test Summary Report
- Test Team
- Test Technique
- Test Type
- Test Work Products
- Test-Driven Development
- Test-First Approach
- Testability
- Tester
- Testing
- Testing Capability
- Testing Framework
- Testing in Production
- Testing Phase
- Testing Quadrants
- Testing Requirements
- Testing Standards
- TestRail
- Testware
- Themes
- Think Aloud Usability Testing
- Think Time
- Threat Modelling
- Three Amigos
- Threshold Coverage
- Throughput
- Time Behaviour
- Time-Boxing
- TMMi
- Top-Down Approach
- Total Quality Management
- Tour
- TPI Next
- Traceability
- Traceability Matrix
- Transcendent Quality
- Tribal Knowledge
- TRS
- Two-Factor Authentication (2FA)
U33 terms
- UAT
- UML Sequence Diagram
- Unit Test
- Unit Test Framework
- Unit Testing
- Unmoderated Testing
- URL
- Usability
- Usability Evaluation
- Usability Lab
- Usability Requirement
- Usability Test Participant
- Usability Test Script
- Usability Test Session
- Usability Test Task
- Usability Testing
- Use Case
- Use Case Testing
- User Acceptance Testing
- User Data
- User Error Protection
- User Experience (UX)
- User Flows
- User Interface (UI)
- User Interface Aesthetics
- User Interface Guideline
- User Requirements
- User Story
- User Story Testing
- User Survey
- User-Agent Based Testing
- User-Based Quality
- UX Designer
V15 terms
W11 terms
X2 terms
Y1 term
Z1 term