Software Testing Dictionary – 6
Latent bug A bug that has been dormant (unobserved) in two or more releases. [R. V. Binder, 1999] Lateral testing. A test design technique based on lateral thinking principles, to identify faults. [Dorothy Graham, 1999] Limits testing. See Boundary Condition testing. Load testing Testing an application under heavy loads, such as testing a website under a range of loads to determine at what point the system’s response time degrades or fails. Load Stress test. A test is designed to determine how heavy a load the application can handle. Load-stability test. Test design to determine whether a Web application will remain…