test case
Precedent-establishing lawsuit
A test case is a specific situation used to establish a legal precedent or validate a principle.
In law, advocacy groups sometimes bring test cases to challenge statutes: The ACLU selected her arrest as a test case for free speech.
In software development, a test case is a set of conditions used to verify that code works correctly.
Judicial examination of claims
- plaintiffCivil case initiator
- defendantParty facing charges
- evidenceFacts supporting truth
- verdictOfficial court decision
testimony · litigation · appeal · courtroom · judge · jury · prosecution · defense
Verification of basic soundness
- assertionConfident statement of fact
- passMove beyond or decline
- failBe unsuccessful
- bug reportDocumented software error description
trial
Judicial examination of claims
verdict · testimony · litigation · appeal · courtroom · judge · jury · prosecution · defense · cross-examination
sanity check
Verification of basic soundness
bug report · mock · stub
trial
Judicial examination of claims
- prototypeFirst functional specimen
- pilotOne who steers aircraft
- demonstrationPublic display of opinion
proof of concept · trial run · tryout · beta · sample · specimen · benchmark · reference · model · template
- FuzzersAFL, Peach
- testingexamine, check, assess, evaluate, verify
- casesbriefcase, suitcase, laptop sleeve, protective sleeve, pillbox
- Experiment Termscontrol group, variable, sample size, double blind, placebo
- legal casescourt cases, landmark cases, civil cases, lawsuit, criminal cases
- Testing Groundsprototype, pilot program, sandbox, trial run, proving ground