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UAT

Meaning in software engineering, with examples

abbreviationCommon term

In software engineering, UAT means: Short for user acceptance testing: the last testing stage, in which real users or the client check that the software meets their needs before it goes live.

In Turkish: kullanıcı kabul testi

How it is used

Said letter by letter (U-A-T). It can mean the phase ('we're in UAT') or the environment ('deploy it to UAT'). Common in agency, banking and enterprise projects, where the client must sign off before the release.

Example sentences

  1. The new reports are in UAT this week, and the finance team is testing them.

  2. The client found two issues during UAT, so the go-live moves to next month.

Common collocations

  • UAT environment
  • UAT sign-off
  • in UAT
  • UAT phase
  • acceptance criteriaA list of specific conditions that a feature or user story must meet before the team and the product owner agree that it is done.
  • QAShort for quality assurance: the work of checking that software meets its requirements and works well. It also names the people or team who do this work.
  • test environmentA separate copy of a system, with its own servers, data and settings, where software is tested without affecting real users.
  • go liveTo become available to real users for the first time, for example when a new system, feature or website is launched in production.

More terms: Testing

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