Chapter 5 of the SWEBOK guide defines testing as follows:
  • Software testing consists of the dynamic verification of the behavior of a program on a finite set of test cases, suitably selected from the usually infinite executions domain, against the specified expected behavior.


Resources include:
Brian Marick has an excellent tutorial on glass box testing, called Testing for Programmers. Available on line from http://www.testing.com/writings/half-day-programmer.pdf


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