Acceptance tests are also used as regression tests prior to a production release.

Acceptance may imply only a lack of outward, behavioral attempts at possible change, but the word is also used more specifically for a felt or hypothesized cognitive or emotional state.

Lord Bach was also at the signing of " Type Acceptance " – essentially, the release into service – of the RAF's Typhoon platform.

The Chinese fingers traps is also a common metaphor for a problem that can be overcome by relaxing, i. e., not trying too hard to solve it ; for example, in Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or for a belief system that includes punishment for disbelief in itself.

The role of Business Analyst has evolved from someone who was a part of the business operation and worked with Information Technology to improve the quality of the products and services being delivered by the IT organization to someone who apart from gathering Business requirements, also assists in Integration and Acceptance Testing, supports the development of training and implementation material, participates in the implementation, and provides post-implementation support.

Acceptance may also be a suspensive condition in certain contracts.

Acceptance also required that the holders of debt be able legally to enforce an unconditional right to payment ; it required that the notes ( as well as drafts ) be negotiable instruments.

Depressed and broke, Otto wanders the streets, until he falls in with Bud ( Harry Dean Stanton ), a seasoned repossession agent, or " repo man ", working for the " Helping Hand Acceptance Corporation " ( a small automobile repossession agency ).

* Supplemental Offer and Acceptance Program, for medical students who were not initially matched with U. S. residencies by the National Resident Matching Program

Acceptance of jeans continued through the 1980s and 1990s to the point where jeans are now a wardrobe staple, with the average North American owning seven pairs.

Acceptance of female members was spotty, with many Male members hoping that their efforts against Female exploitation would result in their being returned to their previous domestic status.

Acceptance of Musella has varied, with some taxonomists considering it a synonym of, and including its single species in, Musa.

Acceptance of UFO theories by the larger scientific community is further hindered by the many possible hoaxes associated with UFO culture.

* In the second season premiere of the TV series House in the episode " Acceptance " ( aired on 13 September 2005 ), House's patient, a death row inmate Clarence ( played by LL Cool J ), was diagnosed with pheochromocytoma — he killed his fourth victim unintentionally, during an episode of anger caused by adrenaline spike from the tumor.

Acceptance of any one religion thus requires a rejection of the others, and when faced with these competing claims in the absence of a personal revelation, it is argued that it is difficult to decide amongst them.

Acceptance of this CD shall constitute an agreement to comply with the terms of the license.

Acceptance of the Austrian explanation of what primarily caused the Great Depression is compatible with either acceptance or denial of the Monetarist explanation.

Acceptance is considered very difficult with more than 50 % of freshmen in the top 10 % of their high school class and scored over 1230 on the SAT I or over 26 on the ACT.

Acceptance is contrasted with resistance, but that term has strong political and psychoanalytic connotations not applicable in many contexts.

* Acceptance speeches ( with Benjamin Gitlow ) New York: Workers Library Publishers 1928 ; accepting the parties ' presidential nomination

** In episode " Denial, Anger, Acceptance ", Meadow Soprano and her choir sing the English version of the lullaby Ar Hyd y Nos, intercut with the mock execution of Christopher Moltisanti, and the real execution of Brendan Filone.

* In the novel The Acceptance World ( 1955 ), the narrator, Nick Jenkins, is re-united with his first major love, Jean Templer, after Jean and her sister-in-law, Mona, have returned to the Ritz ( London ) on New Year's Eve 1931, following a screening of the film.

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After hearing demos from the band Acceptance, Anberlin chose to record their debut album with the same producer, Aaron Sprinkle, creating a relationship that would last the entire duration of their time with Tooth & Nail Records.

The National Association to Advance Fat Acceptance claims to specifically condemn feederism, claiming that the practice typically involves coercing a person to become larger but NAAFA has had a long standing relationship with Dimensions Magazine a web site and forum dedicated to feederism.

Acceptance criteria vary from program to program, but in general only those with feasible business ideas and a workable business plan are admitted.

" In her New York Times review, critic Manohla Dargis wrote: " He ’ s delightful as Saul, loosey-goosey and goofy yet irrepressibly sexy, despite that greasy curtain of hair and a crash pad with a zero WAF ( Woman Acceptance Factor ).

While with GM, he led the creation of General Motors Acceptance Corporation, the corporation that allowed GM dealers to offer installment credit directly to customers.

On February 22, 2012, Spineshank announced through the group's Facebook Page that they had signed with Century Media and that ' Anger Denial Acceptance ' would be released on June 19, 2012.

Acceptance of radiopasteurization is likely to be delayed, however, for two reasons: ( 1 ) the storage life of fresh chicken under refrigeration is becoming a minimal problem because of constantly improved sanitation and distributing practices, and ( 2 ) treatment by antibiotics, a measure already approved by the Federal Food and Drug Administration, serves to extend the storage life of chicken at a low cost of about 0.5 cents per pound.

In 1915 the Jervis Bay Territory Acceptance Act 1915 created the Jervis Bay Territory as an annexe to the Australian Capital Territory.

An international standard for this process, ISO 16622 Meteorology — Sonic anemometers / thermometers — Acceptance test methods for mean wind measurements is in general circulation.

Acceptance Tests / Criteria ( in Agile Software Development ) are usually created by business customers and expressed in a business domain language.

Acceptance test cards are ideally created during sprint planning or iteration planning meeting, before development begins so that the developers have a clear idea of what to develop.

User Acceptance Testing ( UAT ) is a process to obtain confirmation that a system meets mutually agreed-upon requirements.

Acceptance testing is a term used in agile software development methodologies, particularly Extreme Programming, referring to the functional testing of a user story by the software development team during the implementation phase.

Acceptance tests are black box system tests.

; Operational Acceptance Testing ( OAT ): Also known as operational readiness testing, this refers to the checking done to a system to ensure that processes and procedures are in place to allow the system to be used and maintained.

Acceptance of authenticity of the Pali Sutras differ within Mahayana sects.

* Acceptance of failure: DARPA pursues breakthrough opportunities and is very tolerant of technical failure if the payoff from success will be great enough.

Acceptance of these councils thus varies between different branches of Christianity.

Acceptance was finally confirmed in 1877, when they were introduced to Princess Louise, the daughter of Queen Victoria.

Acceptance of this classification is less universal than that of type I and type II, and unlike the other two, it is not currently included in Medical Subject Headings.

* Acceptance of Christianity and therefore inclusion of his country in the mainstream civilization and political structures of Christian Europe.

Acceptance of Islam was gradual and was often nominal in the countryside where folk religion continued to exert a strong influence.

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# Acceptance / Spontaneity-they accept their surroundings and what cannot be changed.

Acceptance of the letter into the canon did not occur without some difficulty ; however, " nowhere did doubts about the letter's authorship take the form of definitive rejection.

Acceptance of either of the church's two baptismal vows is a prerequisite for membership.

Acceptance of a theory does not require that all of its major predictions be tested, if it is already supported by sufficiently strong evidence.

Acceptance or rejection of some paradigm is, he argued, a social process as much as a logical process.