appeals process A process for challenging the fairness, validity, accuracy, or relevance of one or more TCK tests. Tests that are successfully challenged are either corrected or added to the TCK’s exclude list. See also
Application IDentifier
(AID) An identifier that is unique in the TCK namespace. As defined by
ISO
Application
Management Software
(AMS) Software used to download, store and execute Java applications. Another name for AMS is Java Application Manager (JAM).
Application
Programming Interface
(API) An API defines calling conventions by which an application program accesses the operating system and other services.
Application Protocol
Data Unit (APDU) A script that is sent to the test applet as defined by ISO
assertion A statement contained in a structured Java technology API specification to specify some necessary aspect of the API. Assertions are statements of required behavior, either positive or negative, that are made within the Java specification.
assertion testing Compatibility testing based on testing assertions in a specification.
automated tests Test that run without any intervention by a user. Automated tests can be queued and run by the test harness and their results recorded without anyone being present.
behavior-based
testing A set of test development methodologies that are based on the description, behavior, or requirements of the system under test, not the structure of that system. This is commonly known as
