the behaviour predicted by the specification of an object under specified conditions

formal testing conducted to enable a user, customer, or other authorised entity to determine whether to accept a system or component. Includes user acceptance testing (UAT), alpha testing, and beta testing

simulated or actual operation testing at an in-house site not otherwise involved with the software developers

operational testing at a site not otherwise involved with the software developers

integration testing in the small where no incremental testing takes place prior to all the system's components being combined to form the testing

tests based on the behaviour of the component or system, derived from a specification. Also known as functional testing or behavioural testing

an integration strategy for integration testing in the small where the lowest level components are tested first, then used to facilitate the testing of higher level components. The process is repeated until the component at the top of the hierarchy is included.

a conditional transfer of control from any statement to any other statement in a component

testing based on expected user profiles such as scenarios or use cases. Used in system testing and acceptance testing.

acroynm for computer-aided software testing