leapfrog test

leapfrog test

[′lēp‚fräg ‚test]

(computer science)

A computer test using a special program that performs a series of arithmetical or logical operations on one group of storage locations, transfers itself to another group, checks the correctness of the transfer, then begins the series of operations again; eventually, all storage positions will have been tested.

McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific & Technical Terms, 6E, Copyright © 2003 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.

leapfrog test

A storage diagnostic routine that replicates itself throughout the storage medium.

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