component integration testing
nounUK /kəmˈpəʊnənt ˌɪntɪˈɡreɪʃən ˈtestɪŋ/
US /kəmˈpoʊnənt ˌɪntəˈɡreɪʃən ˈtestɪŋ/
A way to check that different parts of a computer program work well together.
The team did component integration testing to make sure the login and payment parts worked together.
OTHER MEANINGS
2. Checking that separate building blocks of a system talk to each other correctly.
Component integration testing caught a bug where two modules sent data in different formats.
3. A testing phase that happens after each part is tested alone.
After unit tests passed, component integration testing began on the combined modules.
4. The process of verifying connections between software components before full system testing.
Component integration testing is often done before the whole system is tested.