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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 has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[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 is a type of test[5].
  • software testing is a type of product testing[6].
  • software testing is part of software engineering[7].
  • software testing is part of quality management[8].
  • software testing is part of software quality engineering[9].
  • software testing's Commons category is recorded as Software testing[10].
  • software testing's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Software testing[11].
  • software testing's facet of is recorded as software quality assurance[12].
  • software testing's described by source is recorded as Software Engineering Body of Knowledge[13].
  • software testing's topic has template is recorded as Template:Software testing[14].
  • software testing's has characteristic is recorded as software testability[15].
  • software testing's has characteristic is recorded as software testing tactics[16].
  • software testing's has characteristic is recorded as code coverage[17].
  • software testing's uses is recorded as software[18].
  • software testing's union of is recorded as list of values as qualifiers[19].
  • software testing's union of is recorded as list of values as qualifiers[20].
  • software testing's practiced by is recorded as software tester[21].
  • software testing's has goal is recorded as software quality assurance[22].
  • software testing's Stack Exchange site URL is recorded as https://sqa.stackexchange.com/[23].
  • software testing's class of object is recorded as software[24].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded instance of include type of test[3] and common practice[4]. Recorded subclass of include test[5] and product testing[6].

Use and Application

Part of include software engineering[7], a branch of computer science[25]; quality management[8], a type of management[26]; and software quality engineering[9], an academic discipline[27].

Why It Matters

software testing has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2] It is known by 37 alternative names across languages and contexts.[28]

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Direct Wikidata claims

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  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [25] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [26] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [27] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  2. [28] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 5w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Topic's main category → Category:Software testing
    Topic has template → Template:Software testing
    Part of → software engineering, quality management, software quality engineering
    Has goal → software quality assurance
    + 16 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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