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Abraham
his faith is tested when God demands the sacrifice of his son Isaac. [O.T.: Genesis 22:13]
Arthur, King
(c. 950–1000) becomes King of England by pulling sword from stone. [Arth. Legend: NCE, 159]
Carmel, Mt.
site of contest between Elijah and Baal priests. [O.T.: I Kings 18:19–40]
Cuban missile crisis
President Kennedy called Krushchev’s bluff, forcing dismantling of missile sites (1962). [Am. Hist.: Van Doren, 581–582]
J.B
. testing of contemporary Job. [Am. Lit.: J.B.]
Job
tormented to test devoutness. [O.T.: Job 1, 2]
Judgment of God
medieval trial by combat or ordeal. [Eur. Hist.: Leach, 561]
K’ung Fu
Confucian-based sect demands rigid tests for membership. [TV: Terrace, I, 448]
ordeal by fire
noble accused of crime holds red-hot iron or walks blindfolded and barefoot over red-hot plowshares to prove his innocence. [Br. Hist.: Brewer Handbook, 779]
Turandot
solver of riddles wins Turandot; failure brings death. [Ital. Opera: Puccini, Turandot, Westerman, 367–368]
(testing)test - The process of exercising a product to identify differences between expected and actual behaviour. Typically testing is bottom-up: unit testing and integration testing by developers, system testing by testers, and user acceptance testing by users.

Test coverage attempts to assess how complete a test has been.

2. The second stage in a generate and test search algorithm.
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A Study In Scarlet by Doyle, Sir Arthur Conan View in context
There was, however, a servant of the king's who favoured the huntsmen, and when he heard that they were going to be put to this test he went to them and repeated everything, and said: 'The lion wants to make the king believe that you are girls.
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Another time, when Ernest had just said that the metaphysical philosophers could never stand the test of truth, Dr.
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