fault injection

Noun

Meaning

fault injection (uncountable)

(computing) A technique for testing a computer system by subjecting it to unusual stresses, such as high voltage or temperature, or the deliberate mutation of software code.

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Examples

Fault injection may be necessary to ensure that all conditions and branches of exception handling code have adequate coverage during testing. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

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