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eValid -- LoadTest Terminology
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Vocabulary/Terminology
As part of the regular eValid vocabulary, we use certain terms in a special way for LoadTest runs, as defined here.

TERMKeyDEFINITION
Test Script G The *evs file that is used to compose the scenario.
Scenario L The *evl file that is running.
Width/Wide L Number of simultaneous browsers (number of _eValid commands in *evl file).
Depth/Deep G Number of repetitions (parameter in *evl file).
Respawn Interval L Number of playbacks to complete before respawning; 0 = never respawn.
Notation L We denote an N-wide, M-deep, n-respawn test as an NxM-n test.
Launch Interval L Number of msec to wait between eValid launches.
-O Switch G Keep browser open after launch (command line switch) is used to study behavior of a resident, quiescent browser at the end of the LoadTest session.
Footprint L How much RAM one eValid browser takes.
Read this value from "Mem Usage" in the Task Manager Display.
Mem UsageL Current working set size that resides in memory. This will go up and down depending on what the eValid browser is doing. Figure on about 2-4 MB for a quiescent eValid copy.
Read this value from the Task Manager Display.
Peak Mem UsageL This is the largest amount of memory the eValid browser has required since it was launched.
Read this value from the Task Manager Display.
RAM = Commit Charge L How much RAM all current processes take (including all eValids)
Read this value from the Task Manager Display
Script Size G Number of non-comment lines in the script.
Script URLs G Number of URLs referenced in the script.
LAN/WAN L Whether the tests are being done entirely on a LAN (where transfer times are very small) or on the WAN (where transfer times can be expected to be larger).

Key Definitions
L = LoadTest, G = General, F = Functional Test, R = Regression Test, M = Monitoring, S = Site Analysis