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"Black box" testing tests a device, program, application, etc., as a whole. Inputs are provided and the results monitored. The internal workings of the tested item are not relevant and may be unknown. "Functional testing" is a type of "Black box testing", but not all "black box" tests have to be "functional".

Black box testing tests a device, program, application, etc., as a whole.

Inputs are provided and the output results monitored. The internal workings of the tested item are not relevant and may be unknown.

Black box testing and Functional testing are sometimes used synonymously, but Functional testing is really a subset. "Non functional" tests, like Stress testing are often done in a "black box" manner.

Compare and contrast to Unit testing and White box testing.

References:

  1. Black-box testing on Wikipedia
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Unit testing, Black-box testing and white box testing

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How to use Teststack.white with multiple monitors

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Test cases for a Singly Linked list

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BlackBox testing/monitoring the Kubernetes Cluster

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White-Box/ Black-Box Testing: static or dynamic?

Here is what I understand: Dynamic testing is testing that is performed when the system is running. Static testing is performed when the system is not running. Black-Box testing focuses on functionality and is performed without knowing the internal…
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Register multiple blackbox exporters in one job in prometheus

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Android Espresso Black Box Testing

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How to handle modal dialog in pytest-qt without mocking the dialog

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White-box and Black-box testing of recursive functions

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Should I unit test concurrency?

I have a few methods that are impacted by concurrency. Specifically "Rush" (a.k.a Race) conditions. Should I unit test them or integrate/black-box test them? I think that setting up a unit test might be a rather difficult task, but also is…
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Android black box testing tool

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