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Regression Testing

DEFINITION: Regression testing is the process of testing changes to computer programs to make sure that the older programming still works with the new changes. Regression testing is a normal part of the program development process and, in larger companies, is done by code testing specialists. Test department coders  … 
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REGRESSION TESTING DEFINITION (continued): …  develop code test scenarios and exercises that will test new units of code after they have been written. These test cases form what becomes the test bucket. Before a new version of a software product is released, the old test cases are run against the new version to make sure that all the old capabilities still work. The reason they might not work is because changing or adding new code to a program can easily introduce errors intocode that is not intended to be changed.Regression Testing definition sponsored by SearchSoftwareQuality.com, powered by WhatIs.com an online computer dictionary
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