regression testing
noun1
Computing, Engineering, Mathematics, Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Sciences, Software Testing a program after a modification to ensure that areas that should not be affected by the update behave as they did in previous versions.
- During manual test execution, a newly introduced defect to previously working functionality might not be found until hours into the regression testing cycle.1999, Elfriede Dustin, Jeff Rashka, John Paul, Automated Software Testing, →ISBN:
- Without regression testing, unseen bugs will accumulate, until suddenly nothing works in what was once thought to be a stable system.2000, Robert V. Binder, Testing Object-oriented Systems: Models, Patterns, and Tools, →ISBN, page 32:
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- Regression testing can account for as much as one-half of the cost of software maintenance.2004, Mark Last, Abraham Kandel, Horst Bunke, Artificial Intelligence Methods in Software Testing, →ISBN, page 52:
- Hypernyms
- testing