Validation

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Validation \Val`i*da"tion\, n. [Cf. F. validation.]
     The act of giving validity. [R.] --Knowles.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  validation
       n 1: the act of validating; finding or testing the truth of
            something [syn: {proof}, {substantiation}]
       2: the cognitive process of establishing a valid proof [syn: {establishment}]

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:

  validation
       
          The stage in the {software life-cycle} at the end of the
          development process where software is evaluated to ensure that
          it complies with the requirements.
       
          (1995-02-14)