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black-box testing
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black-box testinghas definition A form of testing in which you manipulate inputs and observe outputs, but cannot observe the internals of the entity being tested2001-08-30 14:54:40.0
involves providing the system with inputs and observing the outputs, without seeing what is going on inside2001-08-30 14:54:40.0
is less time consuming than glass-box testing2001-08-30 14:54:40.0
is a subtopic of 10.2 - Effective and Efficient Testing2001-08-30 14:54:40.0
is a kind of testing2001-08-30 14:54:40.0
testingcan find defects whose consequences are obvious but which are buried in complex code, and thus will be hard to detect when inspecting2001-08-30 14:57:56.0
requires attention to detail2001-08-30 14:57:56.0
processsee also process^22001-08-30 14:57:05.0