Glossary

A

Administrator

User role that has access to all functionalities in Klaros-Testmanagement.

D

Database

A database is a collection of information organized into interrelated tables of data and specifications of data objects.

E

E-Mail

Electronic mail, often abbreviated as e-mail, is any method of creating, transmitting, or storing primarily text-based communications with digital communications systems.

I

Issue

The term issue is a unit of work to accomplish an improvement in a system. An issue could be a bug, a requested feature, task, missing documentation, and so forth.

J

JIRA

JIRA is a bug tracking, issue tracking, and project management system by Atlassian Software .

JUnit

JUnit is a unit testing framework for the Java programming language.

M

Manager

User role that has access to create, edit, delete and search for objects, run test cases and test suites, show results and generate reports.

O

Operating System

An operating system (commonly abbreviated to either OS or O/S) is an interface between hardware and applications. It is responsible for the management and coordination of activities and the sharing of the limited resources of the computer. Common contemporary operating systems include Microsoft Windows, Mac OS, Linux, BSD and Solaris.

P

Postcondition

Environmental and state conditions that must be fulfilled before the component or system can be executed with a particular test or test procedure.

Precondition

Environmental and state conditions that must be fulfilled after the execution of a test or test procedure.

Q

QFTest

QF-Test is a professional tool for automated testing of Java and Web applications with a graphical user interface from Quality First Software .

R

Redmine

Redmine is an open source bug tracking, issue tracking, and project management system.

T

Test Case

A test case is a set of input values, execution preconditions, expected results and execution post-conditions, developed for a particular objective or test condition, such as determine whether an application or software system meets specifications.

Tester

User role that has access to search for objects, run test cases and test suites and show results.

Test Execution

The process of running a test by the component or system under test, producing actual result(s).

Test Suite

A test suite is a set of test cases and the test cases can be executed in groups. The test suite will be used to verify and ensure that a product or system meets its design specifications and other requirements.

Trac

Trac is an open source bug tracking and issue tracking system.

U

URL

Uniform Resource Locator (URL) specifies where an identified resource is available and the mechanism for retrieving it.

W

Web browser

Web browser is a software application which enables a user to display and interact with text, images and other information typically located on a Web page at a Web site on the World Wide Web or a local area network.