Testing

1. The process of operating a system or component under specified conditions, observing or recording the results, and making an evaluation of some aspect of the system or component.
2. The process of analyzing a software item to detect the differences between existing and required conditions, i.e. bugs, and to evaluate the features of the software items.

See: dynamic analysis? , static analysis, software engineering

-- PatrickEgan? - 18 Dec 2002