Computer Science GCSE
Testing and debugging
What Testing and debugging means in Computer Science GCSE, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
Definition of Testing and debugging
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Reference: Pearson Edexcel
Easier because each subprogram can be checked in isolation, and a fault found can be fixed once inside the subprogram rather than in every copy.
Topics that use Testing and debugging
- Decomposition and abstraction (Pearson Edexcel GCSE)
Related terms
- Abstraction
- Decomposition
- Reuse
- Analysing, understanding and solving problems
- Modelling aspects of the real world
- Subprogram
- Teamwork
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