Test
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Test, TEST or Tester may refer to:
- Test (assessment)Test (assessment)A test or an examination is an assessment intended to measure a test-taker's knowledge, skill, aptitude, physical fitness, or classification in many other topics . A test may be administered orally, on paper, on a computer, or in a confined area that requires a test taker to physically perform a...
, an assessment intended to measure the respondents' knowledge or other abilities - Physical fitness test
- Driving testDriving testA driving test is a procedure designed to test a person's ability to drive a motor vehicle. It exists in various forms worldwide, and is often a requirement to pass the exam to obtain a driver's license...
- Performance test (assessment)
- Performance test (bar exam)
In science and technology
- Concept inventoryConcept inventoryA concept inventory is a criterion-referenced test designed to evaluate whether a student has an accurate working knowledge of a specific set of concepts. To ensure interpretability, it is common to have multiple items that address a single idea...
, an assessment to reveal student thinking on a topic - test (Unix)Test (Unix)test is a command in Unix that evaluates conditional expressions.-Description:The test command evaluates the expression parameter. In some shells , it is actually a shell builtin, even though external version still exists. In the second form of the command, the [ ] must be surrounded by blank...
, a Unix command for evaluating conditional expressions - TEST (x86 instruction)TEST (x86 instruction)In the x86 assembly language, the TEST instruction performs a bitwise AND on two operands. The flags SF, ZF, PF, CF, OF and AF are modified while the result of the AND is discarded. There are 9 different opcodes for the TEST instruction depending on the type and size of the operands. It can compare...
, an x86 assembly language instruction - Software testingSoftware testingSoftware testing is an investigation conducted to provide stakeholders with information about the quality of the product or service under test. Software testing can also provide an objective, independent view of the software to allow the business to appreciate and understand the risks of software...
, the process of verifying that a software program works as expected - ExperimentExperimentAn experiment is a methodical procedure carried out with the goal of verifying, falsifying, or establishing the validity of a hypothesis. Experiments vary greatly in their goal and scale, but always rely on repeatable procedure and logical analysis of the results...
, a part of the scientific method - Test (biology)Test (biology)A test is a term used to refer to the shell of sea urchins, and also the shell of certain microorganisms, such as testate foraminifera and testate amoebae....
, the shell of sea urchins and certain microorganisms - Test methodTest methodA test method is a definitive procedure that produces a test result.A test can be considered as technical operation that consists of determination of one or more characteristics of a given product, process or service according to a specified procedure. Often a test is part of an experiment.The test...
, a definitive procedure that produces a test result - Chemical testChemical testIn chemistry, a chemical test is a qualitative or quantitative procedure designed to prove the existence of, or to quantify, a chemical compound or chemical group with the aid of a specific reagent...
, a procedure designed to prove the existence of, or to quantify, a particular substance - Psychological testingPsychological testingPsychological testing is a field characterized by the use of samples of behavior in order to assess psychological construct, such as cognitive and emotional functioning, about a given individual. The technical term for the science behind psychological testing is psychometrics...
, the use of behavioral samples to make inferences about an individual - Physical testPhysical testA physical test is a qualitative or quantitative procedure that consists of determination of one or more characteristics of a given product, process or service according to a specified procedure...
determine characteristics of a product - Statistical test, a statistical procedure aiming to classify the elements of a population
- Statistical hypothesis testingStatistical hypothesis testingA statistical hypothesis test is a method of making decisions using data, whether from a controlled experiment or an observational study . In statistics, a result is called statistically significant if it is unlikely to have occurred by chance alone, according to a pre-determined threshold...
, a method of making statistical decisions using experimental data, particular case of the former - Toxicology testingToxicology testingToxicology testing, also known as safety testing, or toxicity testing, is conducted by pharmaceutical companies testing drugs, or by contract animal testing facilities such as Huntingdon Life Sciences and Inveresk Research International on behalf of a wide variety of customers, including the...
People
- Desmond TesterDesmond TesterDesmond Tester was an English and Australian film actor and television actor, host and executive. He was born in London, England. Among his most notable roles was that of the ill-fated boy Stevie in the Alfred Hitchcock film Sabotage .Tester made his first stage appearance at the age of 12,...
(1919–2002) - John TestJohn TestJohn Test was a U.S. Representative from Indiana.Born in Salem, New Jersey, Test moved with his parents to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and attended the common schools....
(1771–1849) - Jon TesterJon TesterJon Tester is the junior U.S. Senator for Montana, serving since 2007. He is a member of the Democratic Party. He previously served as President of the Montana Senate.-Early life, education, and farming career:...
(born 1956), junior Senator from Montana, a Democrat - Ralph TesterRalph TesterRalph P. Tester was an administrator at Bletchley Park, the British codebreaking station during World War II. He founded and supervised a section named the Testery for breaking TUNNY .-Background:...
, head of the Testery, a British codebreaking station at Bletchley Park - Ruth TesterRuth TesterRuth Tester was a singer and dancer in Broadway musicals of the 1920s and 1930s. Tester was born on August 17, 1903. She was married for 59 years to Fredrick Carothers. In her later years, Tester and her husband, Carothers, lived in Wellesley Hills, Massachusetts. Carothers worked as a sales...
(1903–1993) - Scan TesterScan TesterScan Tester was an English folk and English country musician.-Overview:Lewis "Scan" Tester was born in Chelwood Gate, near Horsted Keynes, Sussex. At about the age of five he acquired the nickname "scantelope"...
(1887–1972), English folk and country musician - William TesterWilliam TesterWilliam Tester is an American short story writer and novelist. He was raised on a cattle ranch in Florida and is a graduate of Columbia University and Syracuse University . He published the novel Darling in 1991 and the story collection Head in 2000...
(born 1960), American novelist - Zachary TestZachary TestZachary "Zach" Test is an American rugby union player who represents the United States on the national sevens team and national under-20 rugby union team.-Early life:Test is Jewish, and was born in Woodside, California...
(born 1989), American rugby union player - Andrew Martin (1975–2009), professional wrestler who used the ring name "Test"
Other uses
- Test match (disambiguation), an international sporting contest
- River TestRiver TestThe River Test is a river in Hampshire, England. The river has a total length of 40 miles and it flows through downland from its source near Ashe, 10 km to the west of Basingstoke , to the sea at the head of Southampton Water...
, a river in England - Tests (album)Tests (album)Tests is an album by The Microphones. It was first released as a cassette tape on Knw-Yr-Own in 1998. A CD release by Elsinor followed in the same year, but the track listing was a mixture of The Microphones's three previous albums: Microphone, Wires and Cords, and the Tests cassette.Tests was...
, a 1998 album by The Microphones - "Tester", a song by AnthraxAnthrax (band)Anthrax is an American heavy metal band from New York City, formed in 1981. Founded by guitarists Scott Ian and Danny Lilker, the band has since released ten studio albums and 20 singles, and an EP featuring Public Enemy. The band was one of the most popular of the 1980s thrash metal scene...
on the album Stomp 442Stomp 442Stomp 442 is the name of the seventh album by American heavy metal band Anthrax. It was released in 1995, by Elektra Records. The band and Butcher Brothers produced the album, which includes the singles, "Fueled" and "Nothing". The album debuted at #47 on the Billboard 200 charts... - The upper part of a four-poster bed
- Tester, a canopyCanopy (building)A canopy is an overhead roof or else a structure over which a fabric or metal covering is attached, able to provide shade or shelter. A canopy can also be a tent, generally without a floor....
over a tomb or pulpitPulpitPulpit is a speakers' stand in a church. In many Christian churches, there are two speakers' stands at the front of the church. Typically, the one on the left is called the pulpit...
, also known as a sounding boardSounding boardA sound board, or soundboard, is the surface of a string instrument that the strings vibrate against, usually via some sort of bridge. The resonant properties of the sound board and the interior of the instrument greatly increase loudness over the string alone.The sound board operates by the... - The TesterThe TesterThe Tester is a serialized reality program created by Sony Computer Entertainment and produced by 51 Minds. Notable as the first original live-action series distributed on a video game console, The Tester features eleven or twelve contestants, selected from thousands of applicants, competing in a...
, a reality show produced by Sony about videogame testing
See also
- Legal testsLegal testsLegal tests are various kinds of commonly applied methods of evaluation used to resolve matters of jurisprudence. In the context of a trial, a hearing, discovery, or other kinds of legal proceedings, the resolution of certain questions of fact or law may hinge on the application of one or more...
- Lists of tests
- Quality infrastructureQuality infrastructureQuality infrastructure relates to all fields of metrology, standardization and testing, of quality management and conformity assessment, including certification and accreditation...
- The Test (disambiguation)