ACCEPTANCE TESTING
acceptance testing.Intellectual property. Formal experiments conducted by or on behalf of the
customer to determine whether computer software or hardware or a commercial website satisfies
the customer’s acceptance criteria. • Usu., an acceptance-testing provision in a sales contract or
license agreement is accompanied by a termination provision allowing the customer to back out of
the contract if the product is not acceptable. — Also termed requirements testing. See
ACCEPTANCE CRITERIA. [Blacks Law 8th]