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41 Definitions of Software Testing

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What is Software Testing? – Heck! Define it yourself. I have been thinking about an answer for the same but have found it hard to convey in one statement. Am I a born, reborn or a resurrected tester? I hope to find out for myself and the below article is an attempt at this. Testing – I will be using the word testing as I continue to write and as you readers read, read it as Software Testing. Here are my definitions of software testing. 1) Testing is a responsibility of representing information which is an essential necessity for bettering the application/product under test. 2) Testing is to learning to think well. 3) Testing is to understand the various contexts a system can be applicable in. 4) Testing is identifying the subtleties and extremities where the system can be used. 5) Testing is craving to dig deep into the system to look in the nook and corner to project the information that can awaken the product owner and the user to surprises and a wow-ness that...