| Item |
Description |
| Acceptance Testing |
Formal testing conducted to enable a user, customer or other authorised entity to determine whether to accept a system or component. |
| Actual Outcome |
The behaviour actually produced when the object is tested under specified conditions. |
| Ad hoc testing |
Testing carried out using no recognised test case design technique |
| Agents |
Self contained processes that run in the background on a client or server and that perform useful functions for a specific user/owner. Agents may monitor exceptions based on criteria or execute automated tasks. |
| Aggregated Data |
Data that is results from applying a process to combine data elements. Data that is summarized. |
| Algorithm |
A sequence of steps for solving a problem. |
| Alpha Testing |
Simulated or actual operational testing at an in-house site not otherwise involved with the software developers |
| Application Portfolio |
An information system containing key attributes of applications deployed in a company. Application portfolios are used as tools to manage the business value of an application throughout its lifecycle. |
| Arc Testing |
a test case design technique for a component in which test cass are designed to execute branch condition outcomes |
| Artificial Intelligence (AI) |
The science of making machines do things which would require intelligence if they were done by humans. |
| Asset |
Component of a business process. Assets can include people, accommodation, computer systems, networks, paper records, fax machines, etc. |
| Attribute |
A variable that takes on values that might be numeric, text, or logical (true/false). Attributes store the factual knowledge in a knowledge base |
| Automation |
The use of software to perform or support test activities, e.g. test management, test design, test execution and results checking. |
| There are many factors to consider when planning for software test automation. Automation changes the complexion of testing and the test organisation from design through implementation and test execution. |
| There are tangible and intangible elements and widely held myths about benefits and capabilities of test automation. |
| Availability |
Ability of a component or service to perform its required function at a stated instant or over a stated period of time. |
| It is usually expressed as the availability ratio, i.e. the proportion of time that the service is actually available for use by the Customers within the agreed service hours. |
