A Test Oracle is a mechanism for determining whether the program has passed or failed a test. The use of test oracles involves comparing the output of the system under test, for a given test-case input, to the output that the oracle determines that product should have. A test oracle can be any of the following:
- a program (separate from the system under test) which takes the same input and produces the same output
- documentation that gives specific correct outputs for specific given inputs
- a documented algorithm that a human could use to calculate correct outputs for given inputs
- a human domain expert who can somehow look at the output and tell whether it is correct
- or any other way of telling that output is correct.
Source: StackOverflow
Additional Reading: Pen Testing is Not A Luxury And Why You Can’t Afford to Ignore It
Related Terms: Black Box Testing, Penetration Testing, White Box Testing
What does this mean for an SMB?
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