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by PeterisP 928 days ago
It looks like you're talking about fuzzing, which has applications in both reliability and security testing.
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stephendause 928 days ago
No, mutation-based testing is different. Fuzzing varies the input to the program. Mutation testing varies the program itself as a means of testing the quality of the tests.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mutation_testing

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