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title: "What is acceptance testing?"  
description: "What is acceptance testing?"  
author: "James Smith"  
published: 2011-03-18  
updated: 2020-09-18  
canonical: https://www.mindstick.com/interview/534/what-is-acceptance-testing  
category: "testing"  
tags: ["testing"]  
reading_time: 1 minute  

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# What is acceptance testing?

Testing conducted to enable a user/customer to determine whether to accept a software product or not. Normally performed to validate the software meets a set of agreed acceptance criteria.

## Answers

### Answer by James Smith

Testing conducted to enable a user/customer to determine whether to accept a software product or not. Normally performed to validate the software meets a set of agreed acceptance criteria.


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