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software testing

investigation conducted to provide information about the quality of a software product or service under test and enable the business to understand the risks of software implementation
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software testing

Summary

software testing is a type of test[1]. It ranks in the top 10% of type_of_test entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (577 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • software testing's instance of is recorded as type of test[3].
  • software testing's instance of is recorded as common practice[4].
  • software testing's subclass of is recorded as test[5].
  • software testing's subclass of is recorded as product testing[6].
  • software testing's part of is recorded as software engineering[7].
  • software testing's part of is recorded as quality management[8].
  • software testing's part of is recorded as software quality engineering[9].
  • software testing's Commons category is recorded as Software testing[10].
  • software testing's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/076dn[11].
  • software testing's NL CR AUT ID is recorded as ph173828[12].
  • software testing's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Software testing[13].
  • software testing's PSH ID is recorded as 12571[14].
  • software testing's facet of is recorded as software quality assurance[15].
  • software testing's described by source is recorded as Software Engineering Body of Knowledge[16].
  • software testing's National Library of Latvia ID is recorded as 000199710[17].
  • software testing's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as technology/testing-technology[18].
  • software testing's topic has template is recorded as Template:Software testing[19].
  • software testing's has characteristic is recorded as software testability[20].
  • software testing's has characteristic is recorded as software testing tactics[21].
  • software testing's has characteristic is recorded as code coverage[22].
  • software testing's BBC Things ID is recorded as 7f19f61a-a27b-4b50-bece-acbb0b6a2e62[23].
  • software testing's uses is recorded as software[24].
  • software testing's BabelNet ID is recorded as 02274588n[25].
  • software testing's union of is recorded as list of values as qualifiers[26].
  • software testing's union of is recorded as list of values as qualifiers[27].

Why It Matters

software testing ranks in the top 10% of type_of_test entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (577 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 37 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  9. [11] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
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  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . BBC Things. wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . BabelNet. wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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