Quality Assurance Processes

noun a flaw or imperfection in something, a shortcoming or deficiency

verb to abandon or renounce allegiance, duty, or loyalty

• The manufacturer issued a statement acknowledging the defect in their product.
• I found a defect in the new phone I bought.
• There's a major defect in this game, it keeps crashing.
• His inability to trust others is a defect in his character.

noun the process of retesting a software application after changes have been made to ensure that the existing functionality still works correctly

• Regression testing is a crucial part of the software development process to ensure that new code changes do not negatively impact existing functionality.
• We need to run some regression testing before we can deploy the new update.
• Gotta do some regression testing before we push this out.
• Think of regression testing as a safety net for your code changes.