Linux Test Project Glossary

• Test Case
  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.
• Test Framework
  A Test Framework is a mechanism for organising a group of tests. Frameworks may have complex or very simple API's, dirvers and result logging mechanisms. Examples of frameworks are TETware and DejaGnu.
• Test Harness
  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.
• Test Suite
  A collection of tests programs, assertions, cases grouped together under a framework.
• Test Program
  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.