black-box testing

noun

Any form of testing in which knowledge of the internals of the system being tested are unknown and unimportant.

Opposite
grey-box testingwhite-box testing
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Meanings

nounblack-box testing (uncountable)
  1. uncountabletestingcomputingAny form of testing in which knowledge of the internals of the system being tested are unknown and unimportant.

Synonyms & antonyms

Opposite
grey-box testingwhite-box testing

Translations

Esperanto nigraskatolo testado
  • nigraskatolo testadotesting in which knowledge of the system being tested is unknown
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APA

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Chicago

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