A software tool that enables the testing of software components that links test capabilities to perform specific tests, accept program inputs, simulate missing components, compare actual outputs with expected outputs to determine correctness, and report discrepancies.
The program, process, or context associated with test suite materials, that organizes the materials and test results for presentation to the user, and facilitates execution of and navigation through the test suite.
a testing work product modeling a software tool that automates the testing process by running test suites of test cases.
an application that is used to execute one or more tests on one or more systems
a software framework used to drive a given test
A thread containing signals used to test the design. The test harness may be translated separately from the rest of the design, and used as simulation input.
testing tool that comprises a test driver and a test comparator.
A program or test tool used to execute a tests. Also known as a Test Driver.
A test harness builds, executes and reports the results of tests.
A Test Harness is also called an Automated Test Framework ("ATF"). It is used in software testing.