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- compound conditionTwo or more single condition joined by means of a logical operator (AND, OR or XOR), e.g. ‘A>B AND C>1000’.
- computer forensicsThe practice of determining how a security attack has succeeded and assessing the damage caused.
- Computer-ForensikDas Vorgehen zur Feststellung, wie ein Sicherheitsangriff gelingen konnte, und die Bewertung des verursachten Schadens.
- concrete test caseSee low-level test case.
- concurrency testingTesting to determine how the occurrence of two or more activities within the same interval of time, achieved either by interleaving the activities or by simultaneous execution, is handled by the component or system. [After IEEE 610]
- conditionAn logical expression that can be evaluated as True or False, e.g. A>B. See also test condition.
- condition combination coverageSee multiple condition coverage.
- condition combination testingSee multiple condition testing.
- condition coverageThe percentage of condition outcomes that have been exercised by a test suite. 100% condition coverage requires each single condition in every decision statement to be tested as True and False.
- condition determination coverageSee modified condition decision coverage.
- condition determination testingSee modified condition decision testing.
- condition outcomeThe evaluation of a condition to TRUE or FALSE.
- condition testingA white-box test design technique in which test cases are designed to execute condition outcomes.
- confidence intervalIn managing project risks, the period of time within which a contingency action must be implemented in order to be effective in reducing the impact of the risk.
- confidence testSee smoke test.
- configurationThe composition of a component or system as defined by the number, nature, and interconnections of its constituent parts.
- configuration auditingThe function to check on the contents of libraries of configuration items, e.g. for standards compliance [IEEE 610].
- configuration controlAn element of configuration management, consisting of the evaluation, co-ordination, approval or disapproval, and implementation of changes to configuration items after formal establishment of their configuration identification [IEEE 610].
- configuration control board (CCB)A group of people responsible for evaluating and approving or disapproving proposed changes to configuration items, and for ensuring implementation of approved changes [IEEE 610].
- configuration identificationAn element of configuration management, consisting of selecting the configuration items for a system and recording their functional and physical characteristics in technical documentation [IEEE 610].
- configuration itemAn aggregation of hardware, software or both, that is designated for configuration management and treated as a single entity in the configuration management process [IEEE 610].
- configuration managementA discipline applying technical and administrative direction and surveillance to: identify and document the functional and physical characteristics of a configuration item, control changes to those characteristics, record and report change processing and implementation status, and verify(...)
- configuration management toolA tool that provides support for the identification and control of configuration items, their status over changes and versions, and the release of baselines consisting of configuration items. See also configuration management.
- configuration testingSee portability testing.
- confirmation testingTesting that runs test cases that failed the last time they were run, in order to verify the success of corrective actions.
- conformance testingSee compliance testing.
- consultative test strategyA test strategy whereby the test team relies on the input of one or more key stakeholders to determine the details of the strategy.
- consultative testingTesting driven by the advice and guidance of appropriate experts from outside the test team (e.g., technology experts and/or business domain experts).
- content-based modelA process model providing a detailed description of good engineering practices, e.g. test practices.
- content reference modelSee content-based model.