Computer Science GCSE
Boundary data
What Boundary data means in Computer Science GCSE, as defined for OCR.
Definition of Boundary data
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Reference: OCR
Input at the exact limits of a valid range, used because logic errors frequently occur at these edges.
Topics that use Boundary data
- Testing (OCR GCSE)
Related terms
- Final or terminal testing
- Iterative and terminal testing
- Iterative testing
- Logic error
- Refining an algorithm
- Syntax error
- Syntax errors
- Finding defects
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