QA Must Know Terminology P-Z

In the QA field there exist large amounts of terminology and buzzwords that you must know and understand in the industry. This part will identify the words from P-Z. Study them, learn them, and try to understand them when they are being used in your work environment. These are meant to give you a high-level understanding of the word. A simple google search can give you a deeper dive.

P

Performance testing-testing to see how a software or application will perform under different workloads. The goal is to identify performance bottlenecks.

Q

Quality Assurance-process of confirming software meets a certain standard or level of quality.

R

Regression Testing-testing to confirm a recent program or change in code did not accidentally affect already existing functionality.

S

Sanity Testing-regression testing subset, that verifies code changes that were introduced are working as expected.

Security testing-testing to uncover vulnerabilities or flaws in the security mechanisms of a system that are meant to protect data that could possibly be exploited by intruders or hackers.

Selenium- open source(free) tool used at supporting browser automation testing