|Software Testing Glossary Series|CTFL|D|

Debugging:

Debugging is the technique or process to find, analyze and mitigate the failures occurred.

Data Flow:
Data Flow is an abstract representation of the sequence and possible changes of the state of the data objects in a particular scenario, where the state of an object any of creation, usage or destruction.

Data Driven Testing:
Data Driven Testing is a framework which stores test inputs and expected result in a table or csv, so that a single control script can execute all of the tests in the table.

Decision:

Decision is the conditional statement where possible outcome comes among two choices based on specific data set.

Decision Coverage:

Decision Coverage is the coverage of the coverage of decision outcomes.

Decision Outcome:

Decision Outcome is the result of a decision that determines the next statement to be executed.

Decision Table:

Decision Table is a table which is used to show possible sets of permutations- combinations and the actions resulting from that set of conditions. This is also known as cause-effect graph.

Decision Table Testing:

Decision Table Testing is a testing technique in which test cases are designed to execute the combinations of inputs and/or causes shown in a decision table. This comes under Black-Box Testing technique.

Decision Testing:

Decision Testing is a testing technique in which test cases are designed to execute decision outcomes. This comes under White-Box Testing technique.

Defect:

Defect is a deviation in a product which does not meet with its requirements as per Software Specifications Requirement.

Defect Density:

Defect Density is the ratio which measures how much bug has been introduced per unit size.

Defect Management:

Defect Management is the process of finding the defects, record and classifies them. To investigate and take necessary actions to resolve them and marked as resolved also comes in defect management.

Defect Management Tool:

Defect Management Tool is the tool which facilitates the status tracking of defects.

Defect Report:

Defect Report is the documentation of the occurrence, nature, and status of a defect. This is also known as bug report.

Driver:

Driver or Test Driver is the component or test tool that replaces a component which takes care of the control and/or the calling of a component or system.

Dynamic Analysis:

Dynamic Analysis is the process of evaluating system behavior, e.g., memory performance, CPU usage, of a system or component while execution.

Dynamic Analysis Tool:

DAT is the tool that provides run-time information on the state of the software code. These tools are most commonly used to identify unassigned pointers, check pointer arithmetic and to monitor the allocation, use and de-allocation of memory and to flag memory leaks.

Dynamic Testing:

Testing that involves the execution of the software of a component or system.

References:
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