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Okay. So this is a type of software testing but it's by no means exact. Essentially, it sends some sort of out put to the user, and the user looks at it and see if it feels right. It is not a unit test.

Example?

Unit test a Gradient class: assert that the color returned from 0.8 is so and so.
____ test a Gradient class: print out a 100 colors that run down all the shades from 0 to 1.

I can't seem to figure out what it would be called though...
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acid, visual, display, render, ... uh yeah.
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Well, I was hoping that there was an "actual" name for it (sorta like patterns and stuff).
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I'm not especially aware of one... Visual Confirmation maybe? Yeah, used often as for Captcha, but it is similar. I don't recall the testing teams I've worked with giving it a specific name.. hmmm
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Let's coin something then! :D
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I don't the random coder guy who's looking at the directory and sees "rorshach" will go, "Hey, those are the visual tests for the application! Whee!"
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