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The requirement should be feasible, completely explained in requirement specification document. There should be single requirement, easily read and understood by non-technical people, should not contain definitions, reasons for need of requirement. The requirement should not have any guess work or any confusion (e.g. for how long, 50% or more) should not conflict with other …

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Recovery testing is to test how quick the application is recovered after it has gone through system crash or hardware failure. Tester can change interface, protocol, firmware, hardware, and software configurations as close as the actual conditions. Recovery tests after hardware restored will be tested for getting application again coming back and start running as …

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Production server is a server used to host website contents such as front end pages, css files, javascript files, backend tables, sql files, procedures etc. integrated and deployed so that end users can access them through their website address using browser and internet, or download on their mobile for using the features of application.

The software build is application compiled and integrated in order to get tested by software testers.Release is deploying software with new version deployed to the customer, it has additional features that were absent in previous release, and change request requested by customers using previous release.

When various systems are internally connected with each other and can access or exc hange information as well as process one system with another system as interface. Real Life Example is ATM machines, if you have account in State Bank of India of any branch and you have SBI debit card. You need to withdraw …

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Web server is an infrastructure that uses hypertext transfer protocol to respond client request s over internet. Its main function is to store, process and deliver web pages requested to web site visitors. In addition web server also supports Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP) and File Transfer Protocol (FTP) protocols for email, file transfer and …

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Retesting is required to verify that the test cases failed in previous release, are passed after the defects are fixed. Regression is mandatory to verify all relative or dependent modules and integration tests that are intact even after defect is fixed or after change request.You need to retest the portion of application where defect was …

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HTTP is short for Hypertext Transfer Protocol, when you enter http:// in your browser, you inform browser to allow connection via http protocol which is TCP (transmission control protocol), in order to send and receive data packets over the web.HTTPS is short for Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure, when you enter http:// in your browser, you …

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Ad-hoc is an informal test that can be carried out without referring to requirement specification documents for the application being tested. Ad-hoc tests primarily tests negative scenarios.Exploratory is formal tests are carried out by experienced Software testers based on their previous testing expertise thereby test cases are designed during test execution.There is no test case …

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Mutation testing is white box testing usually conducted in unit testing level, by changing few statements in source code and validate using debugger. Objective of mutation testing is to assess test case quality based on fault-based test strategy that fails mutant code while debugging.