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 (i) An activity in which a system or component is executed under specified conditions, the results are observed or record, and an evaluation is made of some aspect of the system or component. 
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>A test assertion with a single result that is being verified. This allows designations such as PASS or FAIL to be applied to a single bit of functionality.  A single test case may be one of many test cases for testing the complete functionality of a system. 
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(i)A set of test inputs, execution conditions, and expected results developed for a particular objective. 
(ii) The smallest entity that is always executed as a unit, from beginning to end. 
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>A program that handles the execution of test programs. It is responsible for starting the test programs, capturing their output, and recording their results. Pan is an example of a test driver.
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>A mechanism for organizing a group of tests.  Frameworks may have complex or very simple API's, drivers and result logging mechanisms. Examples of frameworks are TETware and DejaGnu. 
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>A Test harness is the mechanism that connects a test program to a test framework.  It may be a specification of exit codes,  or a set of libraries for formatting messages and determining exit codes.  In TETware, the tet_result() API is the test harness. 
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>A single invokable program.  A test program can contain one or more test cases. The test harness's API allows for reporting/analysis of the individual test cases. 
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>A collection of tests programs, assertions, cases grouped together under a framework.   
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>An identifier that corresponds to a command line which runs a test.  The tag is a single word that matches a test program with a set of command line arguments. 
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>Kit, Edward, Software Testing in the Real World: Improving the Process. P. 82. ACM Press, 1995.
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