SAE International's Dictionary of Testing, Verification, and Validation

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Contents
Preface
A
	Accelerated Testing
	Acceleration Factor
	Acceptance Criteria
	Acceptance Testing
	Accessibility Testing
	Accuracy
	Active Design of Experiments (ADoE)
	Actor-Observer Bias
	Actual Result
	Ad Hoc Review
	Ad Hoc Testing
	Adaptability
	Adaptation
	Advanced Driver Assistance System (ADAS)
	Agile
	Agile Testing
	Aging Tests
	Alpha Testing
	Anomaly
	Altitude Test
	Amp Meter
	Analyzability
	Anechoic Chamber
	API Testing
	Application Binary Interface
	Architectures
	Artifacts
	Artificial Intelligence (AI)
	Attack Vectors
	Audit
	Augmented Reality
	Authority Bias
	Automated Testing
	Automated Testware
	Automotive Safety Integrity Level
	Autosar
	Availability
B
	B10
	Back-to-Back Testing
	Basis Path Testing
	Basis Set
	Behavior
	Belief Bias
	Belief Revision
	Benchmark Test
	Berkson’s Paradox
	Beta Testing
	Bias
	Big Bang Testing
	Binary Portability Testing
	Black-Box Testing
	Blocked Test Case
	Bottom-Up Testing
	Boundary Condition
	Boundary Testing
	Boundary Testing—Three Point
	Boundary Testing—Two Point
	Boundary Value
	Boundary Value Analysis
	Boundary Value Coverage
	Brake Rotor and Drum Modal Frequencies Verification
	Branch Coverage
	Branch Testing
	Bug
	Bulk Current Injection (BCI)
	Burndown Chart
	Business Process-Based Testing
C
	Calibration
	Caliper
	Capability Maturity Model for Software
	Capture/Replay Tool
	Cauchy Distribution
	Cause-Effect Analysis
	Cause-Effect Diagram
	Central Tendency
	Change Management (Product)
	Changeability
	Checklist-Based Review
	Chemical Exposure
	Classification Tree
	Classification Tree Method
	Client Server Applications
	Closed-Loop Testing
	Cloud-Based Testing
	Clustering Illusion
	CMMI (Capability Maturity Model Integration)
	Capability Levels
	Maturity Level
	Code Complete
	Code Coverage
	Code Inspection
	Code Review
	Code Walkthrough
	Combinatorial Explosion
	Combinatorial Testing
	Combined Environmental Testing
	Commercial Off the Shelf (COTS)
	Communication Testing
	Comparison Testing
	Compatibility
	Compatibility Testing
	Compile
	Compiler
	Complexity
	Compliance Testing
	Component Integration Testing
	Component Specification
	Component Testing
	Compound Condition Testing
	Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD)
	Computer-Aided Software Testing
	Computer Simulation
	Concurrency Testing
	Condition
	Condition Coverage
	Condition Determination Testing
	Condition Testing
	Conditioning
	Confidence Interval
	Configuration Accounting
	Configuration Audit
	Configuration Control
	Configuration Identification
	Configuration Item
	Configuration Management
	Configuration Management Plan
	Confirmation Bias
	Confirmation Testing
	Conformance Testing
	Confounding
	Confusion Matrix
	Conjunctive Fallacy
	Context-Driven Testing
	Continuing Conformance Testing
	Contractual Testing
	Contradiction Testing
	Control Flow Testing
	Control Plan
	Corner Cases
	Corrective Actions
	Corrosion Testing
	Co-Simulation
	Cost-Benefit Analysis
	Cost of Quality
	Costs of Detection
	Costs of External Failure
	Costs of Internal Failure
	Costs of Prevention
	Courtesy Bias
	Coverage Tool
	Cross-Continuity Test
	Curse of Knowledge
	Customer Evaluation
	Cyclomatic Complexity
D
	Daily Build
	Data-Driven Testing
	Data Flow
	Data Flow Testing
	Debugger
	Debugging Tools
	Decision Condition Testing
	Decision Coverage
	Decision Table
	Decision Testing
	Deembrittlement Verification Test
	Defect
	Defect Arrival Rate
	Defect Closing Rate
	Defect Containment
	Defect Density
	Defect Detection Percentage
	Defect Management
	Defect Masking
	Defect Taxonomy
	Dependency Testing
	Dependent Failures
	Design-Based Testing
	Design of Experiments (DoE)
	Destructive Testing
	Development Models
	Deviations
	Device under Test
	DFMEA
	Digital Model
	Digital Twin
	Documentation Testing
	Domain Testing
	Driver-in-Loop Simulator
	Drop Test
	Dunning-Kruger Effect
	DVP&R (Design Verification Plan and Report)
	Dynamic Analysis Tool
	Dynamic Testing
	Dynamometer Testing
E
	Edges
	Efficiency Testing
	Electromagnetic Compatibility (EMC)
	Electromagnetic Immunity
	Electrostatic Discharge (ESD)
	Elementary Comparison Testing (ECT)
	Elephant Foot Testing
	Embedded Software
	Embedded Systems
	Emulation
	Emulator
	End-of-Line Test
	End-to-End Testing
	Endurance Testing
	Environmental Simulation Tools
	Environmental Testing
	Equivalence Partition Coverage
	Equivalence Partitioning
	Error Guessing
	Error Seeding
	Executable Statement
	Exercised
	Exhaustive Testing
	Exit Criteria
	Expectation Bias
	Expected Result
	Experienced-Based Testing
	Exploratory Testing
	Extensibility
F
	F-Number
	Facilitator
	Failure
	Failure Mechanism
	Failure Mode
	Failure Mode Effects Analysis
	Fatigue Failure
	Fault Injection Testing
	Fault Insertion
	Fault Report
	Fault Seeding
	Fault Severity
	Feature-Driven Development
	Feature Interaction Testing
	Feature Tuning/Calibration
	Fiberboard Testing
	Fleet Testing
	Focusing Effect
	Framing Effect
	Frozen Test Basis
	Function Coverage
	Function Generator
	Function Point
	Functional Decomposition
	Functional Fixedness
	Functional Requirement
	Functional Safety
	Functional Specification
	Functional Testing
	Fungus
	Fuzzing Inputs
G
	Gauge Repeatability and Reproducibility
	Gaussian Distribution
	Genetic Algorithm
	Golden Unit
	Gorilla Testing
	Gray-Box Testing
	Ground Truth Data
	GUI
H
	Hacker
	Hacking
	Halo Effect
	Halstead Number
	HALT
	Hardness Testing O-Rings
	Hardware-Based Fault Injection Testing
	Hardware Platform
	Hardware-Software Integration Testing
	HASS
	High-Order Tests
	Hijacking
	HIL Testing
	Hindsight Bias
	Histogram
	Homologation Testing
	Horns Effect
	Horsepower Testing
	Hostile Attribution Bias
	Hot Hand Fallacy
	Humidity
	Hybrid Fault Injection Testing
	Hyper D
I
	ICE
	Illusion of Control
	Illusion of Validity
	Illusory Correlation
	Impact Analysis
	Impact Bias
	Incident Logging
	Incident Management Life Cycle
	Incident Report
	In-Circuit Emulator
	Incremental Integration Testing
	Incremental Testing
	Independent Test and Verification
	Independent Test Group (ITG)
	Infant Mortality
	Information Bias
	Infrared Testing
	Ingroup Bias
	Insensitivity to Sample Size
	Inspection
	Installation Testing
	Instrumentation
	Integration Coverage
	Integration Testing
	Intermittent
	Invalid Partitions
	IRR
	Irrelevant Failures
	Iterative Development
K
	Key Control Characteristics
	Key Product Characteristics
	KLOC
L
	Labcar
	Law of the Instrument
	Level of Effort
	Life Cycle Model (Product)
	Load Dump
	Load Testing
	Localization Testing
	Loop Testing
M
	Machine Learning
	Maintainability
	Mean
	Mean Time between Failure
	Mean Time to Failure
	Measurement
	Measurement System Analysis (MSA)
	Mechanical Shock
	Mechanical Vibration
	Median
	Microcontroller
	Mileage Accumulation
	Milestone
	Mode
	Model-Based Development
	Model-Based Testing
	Modeling Tool
	Moderator
	Module Testing
	Monkey Testing
	Monte Carlo Simulation
	Mutation Testing
N
	Negative Testing
	Negativity Bias
	Neglect of Probability
	Network Testing
	Neural Networks
	Nonfunctional Testing
	Normal Distribution
	Normalcy Bias
O
	OBD Testing
	Object-Oriented Applications
	Ontology-Based Simulation
	Open-Loop Testing
	Operating System
	Operational Acceptance Testing
	Operational Environment
	Optimism Bias
	Oracles
	Oscilloscope
	Ostrich Effect
	Outcome Bias
	Outgassing
	Overconfidence Effect
	Overstress
P
	Pairwise Testing
	Parameter
	Pareidolia
	Pareto Chart
	Parkinson’s Law of Triviality
	Pass/Fail Criteria
	Path Coverage
	Path Testing
	P-Diagram
	Pen Tester
	Penetration Testing
	Perception Testing
	Performance Testing
	Pessimism Bias
	PFMEA
	Planning Fallacy
	Planning Poker
	Population
	Portability Testing
	Positive Testing
	Postcondition
	Pragmatic Testing
	Precondition
	Probability
	Probe Effect
	Process Metric
	Processor Load Testing
	Product Metric
	Product Quality Predictions
	Product Requirements Analysis
	Project Deafness
	Project Management
	Prototype
	PUGH Matrix
Q
	Quality Assurance
	Quality Assurance Plan
	Quality Audit
	Quality Circle
	Quality Control
	Quality Management
R
	Ramp Testing
	Range
	Range Testing (Vehicle)
	Range Testing (Wireless)
	Rayleigh Distribution
	Reactance
	Reactive Devaluation
	Real-Time Simulation
	Recovery Testing
	Regression
	Regression Testing
	Regressive Bias
	Release Candidate
	Release Notes
	Reliability
	Reliability and Confidence
	Reliability Growth Model
	Repeatable/Repeatability
	Reproducibility
	Requirements
	Requirements-Based Testing
	Re-Simulation Testing
	Resource Allocation Matrix
	Reviews
	Risk Analysis
	Risk-Based Testing
	Risk Compensation (Peltzman Effect)
	Risk Control
	Risk-Driven Testing
	Risk Management
	Risk Mitigation
	ROI
	Rollover Testing
	Root Cause Analysis
	Runtime
S
	Safety-Critical Systems
	Safety Monitoring Function
	Salt Fog (Spray)
	Saltwater Immersion
	Sample
	Sanity Testing
	Scalability Testing
	Scatter Plot
	Scenario
	Scenario-Based Testing
	Scenario Database
	Scene
	Scribe
	Scripting Language
	Security Testing
	Security Testing Tool
	Semmelweis Reflex
	Sensor Fusion Testing
	Sensor Testing
	Severity Levels
	Shared Information Bias
	Simulation
	Simulation-Based Fault Injection Testing
	Simulation Model
	Simulator
	Situation
	Six Sigma
	Skewness
	Smoke Testing
	Soak Testing
	Software Applications
	Software-Based Fault Injection Testing
	Software Build
	Software Design Document
	Software Fault
	Software-in-the-Loop Simulation
	Software Integration
	Software Life Cycle Models
	Software Maintenance Activity
	Software Module
	Software Quality Assurance
	Software Quality Metrics
	Software Requirements Document
	Software Testing
	Solder Bridge
	Solder Whiskers
	Specification
	Spectrum Analyzer
	Stability
	Stakeholder
	Standard Deviation
	Standards
	State
	State Diagram
	State Table
	State Transition Diagram
	State Transition Testing
	Statement Coverage
	Statement Testing
	Static Analysis
	Static Analysis Tool
	Static Testing
	Statistical Testing
	Statistics
	Steam Cleaning and Pressure Washing
	Stochastic Testing
	Storage Testing
	Stress Testing
	Stress Testing Tool
	Structural Analysis
	Structural Testing
	Structure-Based Testing
	Stub
	Subadditivity Effect
	Subjectivity Validation
	Sunk Cost Fallacy (Irrational Escalation)
	Symptom
	System
	Systems of Systems
T
	Temperature Cycle
	Test and Evaluation Master Plan
	Test Bed
	Test Campaign
	Test Case
	Test Cell
	Test Charter
	Test Coverage
	Test Data
	Test-Driven Development
	Test Driver (Software Testing)
	Test Driver (Vehicle Testing or Live Fire)
	Test Environment
	Test Estimation
	Test First Design
	Test Framework
	Test Harness
	Test Inspection Evaluation Master Plan
	Test Item
	Test Management
	Test Management Tool
	Test Manager
	Test Metrics
	Test Monitoring
	Test Object
	Test Oracles
	Test Plan
	Test Point Analysis
	Test Procedure
	Test Progress Tracking
	Test Resumption
	Test Script
	Test Sequence
	Test Specification
	Test Specimen
	Test Strategy
	Test Stub
	Test Suite
	Test Suspension
	Test Tools
	Test Track
	Testability
	Testable Requirements
	Testing
	Testing Artifacts
	Testing Dependencies
	Testing Ethics
	Testing Object-Oriented Systems
	Thermal Cycling
	Thermal Stress
	TIEMPO
	Time-Saving Bias
	Timing Synchronization
	TMMi
	Tool Chain
	Tool Confidence Level
	Tool Error Detection
	Tool Impact
	Top-Down Testing
	Torque Testing
	Total Quality Management
	Traceability
	Traceability Matrix
	Tread Testing
	Trim Testing
U
	Ultraviolet Testing
	Unit Testing
	Unit under Test
	Unreachable Code
	Usability Testing
	Use Case
	User Acceptance Testing
V
	Valid Partitions
	Validation
	Variance
	Vehicle-in-the-Loop Simulation
	Verification
	Verification Plan
	Version Control
	Vertical Traceability
	Virtual Homologation
	Virtual Reality
	Virtual Validation
	V-Model
	Volume Testing (Audio)
	Volume Testing (Throughput)
	Vulnerability
W
	Walkthrough
	Waterfall Development
	Wear-Out Parts
	Web Applications Testing
	White-Box Testing
	Wideband Delphi
	Wire Harness Test
	Work Breakdown Structure
	Workflow Testing
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