Software Testing Glossary

Test Coverage is a measure of scenarios coverage or test case execution coverage, it’s expressed as a percentage.

Test Cycle is a series of performed Test Runs. It consists of Test execution, Test reporting, Defect retesting, Regression testing, Test closure. It denotes the span of time when a test team receives a new application to the time the test results are reported.

Test Engineer is a person that writes test plans and test cases, performs testing, and reports bugs.

Test Environment is a setup on which the testing is performed. It consists of software and hardware, server operating system, etc. It should be built in the server and at the client.

Test Execution is one of the stages of the test cycle on which the test cases are executed.

A document that lists all activities in testing of the project. It contains a detailed understanding of the eventual workflow. Every testing level is described there.

Test Preps is one of the stages of the test cycle on which the tests are prepared.

A check of the system, Test Scripts and Test Cases are usually used to perform test run.

An automated Test Suite. It’s a group of instructions which is applied to the application under test. Test Script is used to check whether the application works as expected.

A high-level document for the testing department. This kind of document is derived from Requirement specification. It sets standards for testing.