Just a minor terminology quibble: the “black” in “black-box” does not refer to the color, but to the opacity of the box; i.e., we don’t know what’s inside. “White-box” isn’t an obvious antonym in the sense I think you want.
“Clear-box” would better reflect the distinction that what’s inside isn’t unknown (i.e., it’s visible and understandable). Or perhaps open-box might be even better, since not only we know how it works but also we put it there.
“White-box” isn’t an obvious antonym in the sense I think you want.
I actually checked Wikipedia before using the term, since I had the same thought as you, but “white-box testing” seems to be the most popular term (it’s the title of the article and used throughout) in preference to “clear box testing” and a bunch of others that are in parenthesis under “also known as”.
Right, sorry. I was so sure that I’d have heard the term before if it existed, and that you invented the term yourself, it never occurred to me to check. Well, you learn something new every day :)
Just a minor terminology quibble: the “black” in “black-box” does not refer to the color, but to the opacity of the box; i.e., we don’t know what’s inside. “White-box” isn’t an obvious antonym in the sense I think you want.
“Clear-box” would better reflect the distinction that what’s inside isn’t unknown (i.e., it’s visible and understandable). Or perhaps open-box might be even better, since not only we know how it works but also we put it there.
White-box is, nevertheless, the accepted name for the concept he was referring to—probably as an antonym to black-box.
English. What can you do.
Huh. I’ve never encountered it, and I would have bet ten to one that if it existed I’d have seen it. Time to check some of those priors...
Thanks for letting me know.
I actually checked Wikipedia before using the term, since I had the same thought as you, but “white-box testing” seems to be the most popular term (it’s the title of the article and used throughout) in preference to “clear box testing” and a bunch of others that are in parenthesis under “also known as”.
Right, sorry. I was so sure that I’d have heard the term before if it existed, and that you invented the term yourself, it never occurred to me to check. Well, you learn something new every day :)