Test

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The words test and testing have many meanings:

• Test and experiment forms part of the scientific method, to verify or falsify an already-formed expectation with an observation.
• In manufacturing, quality control testing consists of a procedure designed to test the functionality of a product under potentially harmful conditions. Testers frequently refer to the test candidate product as the unit under test, or UUT. Compare system under test.
• The Debian testing version, also known as Etch
• In sports, the term test can refer to a test match - a game with international overtones
  • In the sport of cricket, a Test consists of a top-level match between two cricketing nations. Cricketers play test matches with two innings a side over five days.
• In education, a test (also called an "examination") serves to assess or measure students' performance, knowledge or skills
• The River Test flows through Hampshire in England
• Andrew Martin uses the name Test in his professional wrestling.
• In software engineering, testing identifies bugs in programs.
• In marketing, test can refer to a type of marketing research.
• In Biology a test can refer to the shell of some microbes, such as foraminifera and shelled amoebas.

For a more complete list of articles on tests, see the List of tests.

See also: Assessment.