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What is a Test Bucket?

Test bucket x, the Regression Test bucket – sound familiar?

Seriously, I’ve always wondered where the term comes from. Is it just a collective noun for tests, or was there really a time when the software industry quantified tests by the bucket-load?

In true Balderdash & Piffle style: Does anyone have a reference for its first usage?

This entry was posted on Tuesday, December 2nd, 2008 at 20:40 by Richard Coppen. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

One Response to “What is a Test Bucket?”

  1. Ben Bakowski Says:
    December 9th, 2008 at 20:36

    After dictionary.com:

    1250–1300; ME buket < AF < OE bucc (var. of būc vessel, belly; c. G Bauch) + OF -et -et

    Looks like testing’s a lot older than we give it credit :) .

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