Testing Glossary - Testing Definitions V-W

validate
To confirm the validity of.

validation
The act of confirming; to declare valid.

validity
The state, quality, or fact of being valid (strong, powerful, properly executed) in law or in argument, proof, authority, and so on.

verification
Verifying or being verified; establishment or confirmation of the truth or accuracy of a fact, theory, and so on.

verify
1. To prove to be true by demonstration, evidence, or testimony; confirm or substantiate. 2. To test or check the accuracy or correctness of, as by investigation, comparison with a standard, or reference to the facts.

versioning
A process used by the first version.

white box testing
Testing that examines and verifies the process by which program functions are carried out; path testing.

working hypothesis
To provide a basis for further investigation, argument, and so on of an unproved theory.

WYSIWYG
What you see is what you get.