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regression testing

noun

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  1. Testing a program after a modification to ensure that areas that should not be affected…

    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.
    • Without regression testing, unseen bugs will accumulate, until suddenly nothing works in what was once thought to be a stable system.
    • Regression testing can account for as much as one-half of the cost of software maintenance.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for regression testing. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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