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regression testing

regression testing noun: testing a program after a modification to ensure that areas that should not be affected by the update behave as they did in previous versions.

Noun

regression testing (uncountable)

  1. Testing a program after a modification to ensure that areas that should not be affected by the update behave as they did in previous versions.
    • During manual test execution, a newly introduced defect to previously working functionality might not be found until hours into the regression testing cycle.1999, Elfriede Dustin, Jeff Rashka, John Paul, Automated Software Testing, →ISBN
    • Without regression testing, unseen bugs will accumulate, until suddenly nothing works in what was once thought to be a stable system.2000, Robert V. Binder, Testing Object-oriented Systems: Models, Patterns, and Tools, →ISBN, page 32

regression testing meaning in Tamil

regression testing in Tamil

சார்பலனாக்கச் சோதனை

Questions about regression testing

What does regression testing mean?
Regression testing means testing a program after a modification to ensure that areas that should not be affected by the update behave as they did in previous versions.
What is regression testing in Tamil?
Regression testing in Tamil is சார்பலனாக்கச் சோதனை. See Regression testing meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is regression testing?
Regression testing is a noun.

Words near regression testing in the dictionary

  1. regressers
  2. regresses
  3. regressible
  4. regressing
  5. regression
  6. regression testing
  7. regression to the mean
  8. regression toward the mean
  9. regression tree
  10. regression trees
  11. regressional

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