Testing - Explain the difference between Latent and Masked
Defect - March 02, 2010 at 04:50 am by Vidya Sagar
Explain the difference between Latent and Masked Defect.
Latent bug is an existing uncovered or unidentified bug in a system for a period
of time. The bug may have one or more versions of the software and might be
identified after its release.
The problems will not cause the damage currently, but wait to reveal themselves
at a later time.
Masked defect hides the other defect, which is not detected at a given point of
time. It means there is an existing defect that is not caused for reproducing
another defect.
Testing - Explain the difference between Latent and Masked Defect - August
11, 2008 at 13:10 pm by Rajmeet Ghai
Explain the difference between Latent and Masked Defect.
Latent defects are defects which remain in the system, however, identified
later. They remain in the system for a long time. The defect is likely to be
present in various versions of the software and may be detected after the
release.
E.g. February has 28 days. The system could have not considered the leap year
which results in a latent defect
Masked defect hides other defects in the system. E.g. there is a link to add
employee in the system. On clicking this link you can also add a task for the
employee. Let’s assume, both the functionalities have bugs. However, the first
bug (Add an employee) goes unnoticed. Because of this the bug in the add task
is masked.
Difference between Latent and Masked Defect - - Aug 12, 2009 at 10:00 AM by
Shuchi Gauri
Difference between Latent and Masked Defect.
A latent defect is an uncovered defect which exists in the system over a period
of time. The defect may be there since a few versions and has not yet been
identified. These defects do not cause damage to the system immediately but
wait for a particular event sometime to cause damage and show their presence.
On the contrary, a masked defect is one which hides another defect which is
unidentified. E.g.: Failing to test a subsystem, might also cause not testing
other parts of it which might have defects but remain unidentified as the
subsystem was not tested due to its own defects.
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