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quality assurance
noun
: a program for the systematic monitoring and evaluation of the various aspects of a project, service, or facility to ensure that standards of quality are being met
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This includes acquisition of new software licenses and/or cloud expenses, hardware purchases (compute, storage), early termination costs related to the existing virtual environment, application testing/quality assurance, and test equipment.
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Ars Technica, 27 Jan. 2025
Both cases emphasize the challenges the food industry faces in maintaining rigorous quality assurance standards.
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Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 24 Jan. 2025
Content oversight and quality assurance provided by Bay Area News Group.
Bay Area News Group advertising leadership oversees sponsored, native, and paid content on this platform, ensuring its quality, relevance, and helpfulness for our audience.
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Rowan Briggs, The Mercury News, 24 Jan. 2025
Another success is Alex Mann, a software quality assurance engineer who also advocates for his neurodivergent peers.
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Jennifer Jay Palumbo, Forbes, 23 Jan. 2025
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Word History
First Known Use
1973, in the meaning defined above
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The first known use of quality assurance was
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“Quality assurance.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/quality%20assurance. Accessed 7 Feb. 2025.
Medical Definition
quality assurance
noun
quality as·sur·ance
-ə-ˈshu̇r-ən(t)s
: a program for the systematic monitoring and evaluation of the various aspects of a project, service, or facility to ensure that standards of quality are being met
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