Test Data

Definitions

1. Predefined or generated input values, database records, and fixture files used to exercise a system during testing — crafted to cover typical scenarios, edge cases, and boundary conditions without relying on production data that may contain PII or be non-deterministic.

   In plain English: The sample information you feed into software during testing to make sure it handles different situations correctly.

   Example: "We seed the test data with 10,000 synthetic user records using Faker so load tests are reproducible without touching prod data."

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• Test Strategy
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