Computer Science GCSE
Using test data
What Using test data means in Computer Science GCSE, as defined for OCR.
Definition of Using test data
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Reference: OCR
Running the program, comparing actual output with expected output, and recording the outcome.
Topics that use Using test 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
- Boundary data
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