Flashcards in Ch 7 Vocab Deck (17)
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Arithmetic overflow
A situation that arises when the computers memory cannot represent the number resulting from an arithmetic operation
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Boundary condition
A value at which two equivalence classes meet
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Combinatorial explosion
A multiplicative growth
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Complete code coverage
A set of tests in which every line in a program is executed at least once
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Equivalence class
All the sets of test data that exercise a program in the same manner
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Extended if statement
Nested selection in which additional if-else statements are used in the else option (see also nested if statement)
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Extreme condition
Data at the limits of validity
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Input assertion
A precondition for a loop
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Logical operator
Either of the logical connective operators && (and), || (or), or ! (Negation)
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Loop invariant
An assertion that expresses a relationship between variables that remains constant throughout all iterations of the loop
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Loop variant
An assertion whose truth changes between the first and final execution of the loop
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Nested if statement
A selection statement used within another selection statement
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Nested loop
A loop as one of the statements in the body of another loop
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Output assertion
A post condition for a loop
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Quality assurance
The ongoing process of making sure that a software product is developed to the highest standards possible subject to the ever-present constraints of time and money
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Robust
The state in which a program is protected against most possible crashes from bad data and unexpected values
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