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Compatibility testing

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Compatibility testing is testing conducted on the application to evaluate the application's compatibility with the computing environment. Computing environment may contain some or all of the below mentioned elements: 

  Computing capacity of Hardware Platform (IBM 360, HP 9000 etc.)
  Bandwidth handling capacity of networking hardware
  Compatibility of peripherals (Printer, DVD drive etc.)
  Operating System (MVS, UNIX, Windows etc.)
  Database (Oracle, Sybase, DB2 etc.)
  Other System Software (Web server, networking/ messaging tool etc.)

Certification testing falls within the scope of Compatibility testing. Product Vendors run the complete suite of testing on the newer computing environment to get their application certified for a specific Operating Systems or Databases.

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