grey-box testing

noun

A combination of black-box testing and white-box testing, where knowledge about the internal data structures and algorithms is used to design tests while executing those tests at the user, or black-box, level.

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Meanings

noungrey-box testing (uncountable)

alternative gray-box testing

  1. uncountabletestingcomputingA combination of black-box testing and white-box testing, where knowledge about the internal data structures and algorithms is used to design tests while executing those tests at the user, or black-box, level.
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