Glossary - S (part 1)

Sanity Testing: Brief test of major functional elements of a piece of software to determine if its basically operational. See also Smoke Testing.


Scalability Testing: Performance testing focused on ensuring the application under test gracefully handles increases in work load.


Security Testing: Testing which confirms that the program can restrict access to authorized personnel and that the authorized personnel can access the functions available to their security level.


Smoke Testing: A quick-and-dirty test that the major functions of a piece of software work. Originated in the hardware testing practice of turning on a new piece of hardware for the first time and considering it a success if it does not catch on fire.


Soak Testing: Running a system at high load for a prolonged period of time. For example, running several times more transactions in an entire day (or night) than would be expected in a busy day, to identify and performance problems that appear after a large number of transactions have been executed.


Software Requirements Specification: A deliverable that describes all data, functional and behavioral requirements, all constraints, and all validation requirements for software/


Software Testing: A set of activities conducted with the intent of finding errors in software.


Static Analysis: Analysis of a program carried out without executing the program.


Static Analyzer: A tool that carries out static analysis.


Static Testing: Analysis of a program carried out without executing the program.


Storage Testing: Testing that verifies the program under test stores data files in the correct directories and that it reserves sufficient space to prevent unexpected termination resulting from lack of space. This is external storage as opposed to internal storage.


Stress Testing: Testing conducted to evaluate a system or component at or beyond the limits of its specified requirements to determine the load under which it fails and how. Often this is performance testing using a very high level of simulated load.


Structural Testing: Testing based on an analysis of internal workings and structure of a piece of software. See also White Box Testing.


System Testing: Testing that attempts to discover defects that are properties of the entire system rather than of its individual components.





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