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title: Testing techniques
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Classified by:

- System State
- Code Visibility
- System Requirements
- Level of System Detail

> \[!abstract\] static testing
>
> testing the ~~code~~ **system** _without_ executing it
>
> - detect defects early

> \[!abstract\] white box
>
> testing that _systematically_ exploit knowledge of the system to design tests for it
>
> - integrating an API
> - using a COTS product

> \[!abstract\] functional
>
> correctness can be sustained over continuous period of time, and test whether system perform its functions _correctly_
>
> - To find functional defects

> \[!abstract\] non-functional
>
> Testing how the system _perform_ (not what it does)
>
> - To find functional defects