Information Technology Reference
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Component specification:
A description of a component's function in terms of its
output values for specified input values under specified conditions, and required
nonfunctional behavior (e.g., resource utilization).
Component testing:
The testing of individual software components. [IEEE 610]
Compound condition:
Two or more single conditions joined by means of a logical
operator (AND, OR, or XOR)—for example, A
>
B AND C
>
10.
Concrete test case:
See
low-level test case
.
Concurrency testing:
Testing to determine how the occurrence of two or more
activities within the same interval of time, achieved either by interleaving the
activities or by simultaneous execution, is handled by the component or system.
[IEEE 610]
Condition:
A logical expression that can be evaluated as True or False (e.g., A
>
B).
See also
test condition.
Condition combination coverage:
See
multiple-condition coverage
.
Condition combination testing:
See
multiple-condition testing
.
Condition coverage:
The percentage of condition outcomes that have been exer-
cised by a test suite. 100% condition coverage requires each single condition in
every decision statement to be tested as True and False.
Condition determination coverage:
The percentage of all single condition out-
comes that independently affect a decision outcome that have been exercised by
a test case suite. 100% condition determination coverage implies 100% decision
condition coverage.
Condition determination testing:
A white box test design technique in which test
cases are designed to execute single condition outcomes that independently affect
a decision outcome.
Condition outcome:
The evaluation of a condition to True or False.
Condition testing:
A white box test design technique in which test cases are
designed to execute condition outcomes.
Confidence test:
See
smoke test
.
Configuration:
The composition of a component or system as defined by the num-
ber, nature, and interconnections of its constituent parts.
Configuration auditing:
The function to check on the contents of libraries of
configuration items (e.g., for standards compliance). [IEEE 610]
Configuration control:
An element of configuration management, consisting
of the evaluation, coordination, approval or disapproval, and implementation of
changes to configuration items after formal establishment of their configuration
identification. [IEEE 610]
Configuration control board (CCB):
A group of people responsible for evaluating
and approving or disapproving proposed changes to configuration items, and for
ensuring implementation of approved changes. [IEEE 610]
Configuration identification:
An element of configuration management, consist-
ing of selecting the configuration items for a system and recording their functional
and physical characteristics in technical documentation. [IEEE 610]
