Can anyone tell me the correct difference between
compatibilty testing & configuration testing

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Can anyone tell me the correct difference between compatibilty testing & configuration testing..

Answer / bramhaji

compatability testing:
it is also known as portability
testing, during this test we will(test enggs) validates
that whether our application build is running on customer
expected platforms or not?
eg:operating sytems,compilers,browsers..etc
there are two types of compaltability problems we hav such
as forward compatability and backward compatability.

Configuration testing/hardware compatability:
during this test test enggs validates
whether the application build is suppporting different
technology hardware devices or not?
eg diff technologies of printers
" " " n/ws
" " popology n/ws.......etc

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Can anyone tell me the correct difference between compatibilty testing & configuration testing..

Answer / rohini

both are the concepts of non-functional testing
Compatibily is testing is done on platforms,"whether our
software is running on customer expected platforms or not"?
It is also called as portability testing.That means what
s/w we develop it should support all other operating
systems.

Configuration:Here we check whether pur s/w is supporting
all types of h/w devices.

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