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<span style="font-family: &#39;Arial&#39;,&#39;sans-serif&#39;; font-size: 16px">A </span><span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;,&#39;serif&#39;; font-size: 16px"><span style="color: #000000; font-family: &#39;Arial&#39;,&#39;sans-serif&#39;; text-decoration: none">[[http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/session session]]</span></span><span style="font-family: &#39;Arial&#39;,&#39;sans-serif&#39;; font-size: 16px"> in which a product or piece of equipment is </span><span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;,&#39;serif&#39;; font-size: 16px"><span style="color: #000000; font-family: &#39;Arial&#39;,&#39;sans-serif&#39;; text-decoration: none">[[http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/examine examined]]</span></span><span style="font-family: &#39;Arial&#39;,&#39;sans-serif&#39;; font-size: 16px"> under everyday or extreme conditions to </span><span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;,&#39;serif&#39;; font-size: 16px"><span style="color: #000000; font-family: &#39;Arial&#39;,&#39;sans-serif&#39;; text-decoration: none">[[http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/evaluate evaluate]]</span></span><span style="font-family: &#39;Arial&#39;,&#39;sans-serif&#39;; font-size: 16px"> its </span><span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;,&#39;serif&#39;; font-size: 16px"><span style="color: #000000; font-family: &#39;Arial&#39;,&#39;sans-serif&#39;; text-decoration: none">[[http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/durability durability]]</span></span><span style="font-family: &#39;Arial&#39;,&#39;sans-serif&#39;; font-size: 16px">, etc.<span style="font-family: &#39;Arial&#39;,&#39;sans-serif&#39;; font-size: 16px">[[#_ftn1 [[1]]</span></span><br /> <br />
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<span style="font-family: &#39;Arial&#39;,&#39;sans-serif&#39;; font-size: 16px">A </span><span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;,&#39;serif&#39;; font-size: 16px"><span style="color: #000000; font-family: &#39;Arial&#39;,&#39;sans-serif&#39;; text-decoration: none">[[http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/session session]]</span></span><span style="font-family: &#39;Arial&#39;,&#39;sans-serif&#39;; font-size: 16px"> in which a product or piece of equipment is </span><span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;,&#39;serif&#39;; font-size: 16px"><span style="color: #000000; font-family: &#39;Arial&#39;,&#39;sans-serif&#39;; text-decoration: none">[[http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/examine examined]]</span></span><span style="font-family: &#39;Arial&#39;,&#39;sans-serif&#39;; font-size: 16px"> under everyday or extreme conditions to </span><span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;,&#39;serif&#39;; font-size: 16px"><span style="color: #000000; font-family: &#39;Arial&#39;,&#39;sans-serif&#39;; text-decoration: none">[[http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/evaluate evaluate]]</span></span><span style="font-family: &#39;Arial&#39;,&#39;sans-serif&#39;; font-size: 16px"> its </span><span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;,&#39;serif&#39;; font-size: 16px"><span style="color: #000000; font-family: &#39;Arial&#39;,&#39;sans-serif&#39;; text-decoration: none">[[http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/durability durability]]</span></span><span style="font-family: &#39;Arial&#39;,&#39;sans-serif&#39;; font-size: 16px">, etc.<span style="font-family: &#39;Arial&#39;,&#39;sans-serif&#39;; font-size: 16px"></span></span><br /> <br />
 
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<span style="font-family: &#39;Arial&#39;,&#39;sans-serif&#39;; font-size: 12px"></span><span style="font-family: &#39;Arial&#39;,&#39;sans-serif&#39;; font-size: 12px"> From wiktionary.org/test</span><br />
 
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<span style="font-family: &#39;Arial&#39;,&#39;sans-serif&#39;; font-size: 16px">A wiki is a </span><span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;,&#39;serif&#39;; font-size: 16px"><span style="color: #000000; font-family: &#39;Arial&#39;,&#39;sans-serif&#39;; text-decoration: none">[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Website website]]</span></span><span style="font-family: &#39;Arial&#39;,&#39;sans-serif&#39;; font-size: 16px"> whose users can add, modify, or delete its content via a </span><span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;,&#39;serif&#39;; font-size: 16px"><span style="color: #000000; font-family: &#39;Arial&#39;,&#39;sans-serif&#39;; text-decoration: none">[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_browser web browser]]</span></span><span style="font-family: &#39;Arial&#39;,&#39;sans-serif&#39;; font-size: 16px"> using a simplified </span><span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;,&#39;serif&#39;; font-size: 16px"><span style="color: #000000; font-family: &#39;Arial&#39;,&#39;sans-serif&#39;; text-decoration: none">[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Markup_language mark-up language]]</span></span><span style="font-family: &#39;Arial&#39;,&#39;sans-serif&#39;; font-size: 16px"> or a </span><span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;,&#39;serif&#39;; font-size: 16px"><span style="color: #000000; font-family: &#39;Arial&#39;,&#39;sans-serif&#39;; text-decoration: none">[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Online_rich-text_editor rich-text editor]]</span></span><span style="font-family: &#39;Arial&#39;,&#39;sans-serif&#39;; font-size: 16px">. Wikis are powered by </span><span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;,&#39;serif&#39;; font-size: 16px"><span style="color: #000000; font-family: &#39;Arial&#39;,&#39;sans-serif&#39;; text-decoration: none">[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wiki_software wiki software]]</span></span><span style="font-family: &#39;Arial&#39;,&#39;sans-serif&#39;; font-size: 16px">[[#_ftn1 [[1]]</span><span style="font-family: &#39;Arial&#39;,&#39;sans-serif&#39;; font-size: 16px">. </span><br /> <br />
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<span style="font-family: &#39;Arial&#39;,&#39;sans-serif&#39;; font-size: 16px">A wiki is a </span><span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;,&#39;serif&#39;; font-size: 16px"><span style="color: #000000; font-family: &#39;Arial&#39;,&#39;sans-serif&#39;; text-decoration: none">[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Website website]]</span></span><span style="font-family: &#39;Arial&#39;,&#39;sans-serif&#39;; font-size: 16px"> whose users can add, modify, or delete its content via a </span><span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;,&#39;serif&#39;; font-size: 16px"><span style="color: #000000; font-family: &#39;Arial&#39;,&#39;sans-serif&#39;; text-decoration: none">[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_browser web browser]]</span></span><span style="font-family: &#39;Arial&#39;,&#39;sans-serif&#39;; font-size: 16px"> using a simplified </span><span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;,&#39;serif&#39;; font-size: 16px"><span style="color: #000000; font-family: &#39;Arial&#39;,&#39;sans-serif&#39;; text-decoration: none">[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Markup_language mark-up language]]</span></span><span style="font-family: &#39;Arial&#39;,&#39;sans-serif&#39;; font-size: 16px"> or a </span><span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;,&#39;serif&#39;; font-size: 16px"><span style="color: #000000; font-family: &#39;Arial&#39;,&#39;sans-serif&#39;; text-decoration: none">[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Online_rich-text_editor rich-text editor]]</span></span><span style="font-family: &#39;Arial&#39;,&#39;sans-serif&#39;; font-size: 16px">. Wikis are powered by </span><span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;,&#39;serif&#39;; font-size: 16px"><span style="color: #000000; font-family: &#39;Arial&#39;,&#39;sans-serif&#39;; text-decoration: none">[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wiki_software wiki software]]</span></span><span style="font-family: &#39;Arial&#39;,&#39;sans-serif&#39;; font-size: 16px"></span><span style="font-family: &#39;Arial&#39;,&#39;sans-serif&#39;; font-size: 16px">. </span><br /> <br />
 
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Topic

Meaning

GoF
Gang of Four: Erich Gamma, Richard Helm, Ralph Johnson and John Vlissides. They wrote the seminal patterns book Design Patterns: Elements of Reusable Object-Oriented Software (DP)
Happy Path
Happy Path tests are typically tightly scripted tests of planned system functionality and are a legitimate strategy for some aspects of testing.
Pattern
In the context of test automation a pattern can be either a description of how some testware has to look like in order to solve some test automation problem or a rule how to perform a particular step in a test automation process or a suggestion how to resolve a management issue. In other words a pattern is expert knowledge proven by repeated experiences.
Pattern language
A pattern language is a collection of patterns that work together to solve some specific problem (of test automation)
SUT
System under Test
Test

A [session] in which a product or piece of equipment is [examined] under everyday or extreme conditions to [evaluate] its [durability], etc.


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Wiki

A wiki is a [website] whose users can add, modify, or delete its content via a [web browser] using a simplified [mark-up language] or a [rich-text editor]. Wikis are powered by [wiki software].


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Wikipedia

The [free][encyclopaedia] that [anyone can edit].


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