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Software testing is used to determine whether a software application is producing the expected results. Depending on the methodology used and the type of testing that's being done, software testing can happen at any time in the software development process. There are a variety of types of tests that are performed at different stages of the software development lifecycle such as unit tests, integration tests, systems tests and acceptance tests. Each of these can be further divided into types of testing such as functional, performance, regression, or usability tests, just to name a few. There are many tools that are used in software testing both to help find defects as well as to help track defects so that the end result is a high-quality product.

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