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Software testing is

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UGC NET 2014 Paper 1 Question Paper (28-Dec-2014)
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the process of executing a program with the intent of finding errors.

Myers' classic definition states that testing is the execution of a program with the aim of finding errors.

Testing can show the presence of errors but never prove their absence, so 'establishing that errors are not present' is impossible.

Building confidence or demonstrating conformance are by-products; a good test is one that has a high chance of exposing a not-yet-discovered error.

Hence, the process of executing a program with the intent of finding errors.

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