What is the difference between Test Bed and Test Harness?

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ganvin

  • Jul 31st, 2006
 

Test Bed. An environment containing the hardware, instrumentation, simulators, software tools,and other support elements needed to conduct a test [IEEE 610]. Whereas Test Harness is a system of test drivers and other tools to support test execution (e.g., stubs, executable test cases, and test drivers).

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naveen

  • Aug 8th, 2006
 

test harness is a collection of software and test data configured to test a program unit by running it under varying conditions and monitor its behavior and outputs. It has two main parts namely, Test execution engine and the test script repository 

TEST BED is a platform for experimentation for large development projects. They allow rigorous testing of scientific theories and new technologiescript repository

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suresh0249

  • Aug 10th, 2006
 

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Test bed : An execution environment configured for testing as hardware,software,networks etc.

Test harness : A programe or test tool used to execute a test. Also known as test driver.

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naveengosu

  • Aug 16th, 2006
 

test harness:it indicates"readyness to start test execution"

test harness=test environment+test bed

test environment--->required hardware and software components for the test execution...

test bed---->required test cases which are ready for execution.  

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sudhakar2068

  • Sep 14th, 2006
 

Test Bed: An execution environment configured for testing. May consist of specific hardware, OS, network topology, configuration of the product under test, other application or system software, etc. The Test Plan for a project should enumerated the test beds(s) to be used

 

Test Harness: A program or test tool used to execute a tests. Also known as a Test Driver.

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