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testbed includes test cases and test environments?[edit]
I need to know whether test bed also includes test cases or not and also is there any difference between test bed and test environment?
Answer to question 1. Test bed may not includes test cases. Because some time we may have to conduct testing without test cases, but testing is not possible without test bed.
Answer to question 2. Test bed and test environment are the same. It consists of hardware, network topology, Operating System, configuration of the system and test data. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 206.195.193.254 (talk) 04:43, August 23, 2007 (UTC)
The answers above seem pretty straight forward and there hasn't been any discussion for almost ten years. How do we remove the dubious tag? MadAsTheMadHat (talk) 03:34, 9 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Since there is no "dubious" tag, we don't need to remove it. As for whether those answers are correct, it's possible in some circumstances that they are. However, to include that information in the article we would need to verify the statements are true by using reliable sources. Walter Görlitz (talk) 04:48, 9 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]
The idea of the term "testbed" used in software development outside of the context of hardware/mock hardware environment is highly questionable and was unsourced for 14 years.
I'd support removing the part about software based on a single example from a primary self-published source altogether and making article essentially a disambiguation page for Testbed aircraft, Development mule and other related terms that are actually supported by the sources. PaulT2022 (talk) 17:19, 10 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Merriam-Webster: a vehicle (as an airplane) used for testing new equipment (as engines or weapons systems)[edit]
The term preceded the field of computing. Merriam-Webster online gave this definition:
a vehicle (as an airplane) used for testing new equipment (as engines or weapons systems); broadly : any device, facility, or means for testing something in development