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Subject	have testing strategy	is a kind of	force
defect in a numerical algorithm		defect
not using enough significant figures	perform calculations that involve many significant figures, and large differences in magnitude	defect in a numerical algorithm	the system to round excessively, which can mean that data is stored inaccurately and can also lead to a build-up of errors

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