testing

Noun
Synonyms: examination

WordNet 3.0

Noun (3)

  1. the act of subjecting to experimental test in order to determine how well something works“they agreed to end the testing of atomic weapons”
  2. an examination of the characteristics of something“there are laboratories for commercial testing”“it involved testing thousands of children for smallpox”
  3. the act of giving students or candidates a test (as by questions) to determine what they know or have learnedSynonyms: examination
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Test \Test\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Tested; p. pr. & vb. n. Testing.]

1.(Metal.) To refine, as gold or silver, in a test, or cupel; to subject to cupellation. [1913 Webster]

2.To put to the proof; to prove the truth, genuineness, or quality of by experiment, or by some principle or standard; to try; as, to test the soundness of a principle; to test the validity of an argument. [1913 Webster]

Experience is the surest standard by which to test the real tendency of the existing constitution.— Washington.[1913 Webster]

3.(Chem.) To examine or try, as by the use of some reagent; as, to test a solution by litmus paper. [1913 Webster]

4.To administer a test[8] to (someone) for the purpose of ascertaining a person's knowledge or skill; especially, in academic settings, to determine how well a student has learned the subject matter of a course of instruction. [PJC] [1913 Webster]

Testing \Test"ing\, n.

1.The act of testing or proving; trial; proof. [1913 Webster]

2.(Metal.) The operation of refining gold or silver in a test, or cupel; cupellation. [1913 Webster]

Testing machine (Engin.), a machine used in the determination of the strength of materials, as iron, stone, etc., and their behavior under strains of various kinds, as elongation, bending, crushing, etc. [1913 Webster]

Free On-line Dictionary of Computing

test testing

<testing> The process of exercising a product to identify differences between expected and actual behaviour. Typically testing is bottom-up: unit testing and integration testing by developers, system testing by testers, and user acceptance testing by users.

Test coverage attempts to assess how complete a test has been.

2.The second stage in a generate and test search algorithm. [Jargon File]

(2003-09-24)

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