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A '''test script''' is a short program written in a programming language used to test part of the functionality of a software system. A written set of steps that should be performed manuallyautomatically can also be called a test script, however this is more correctly called a '''[[test case]]'''.

Any test that is written as a short program is regarded as an automated test. Test scripts written as a short program can either be written using a special manual functional GUI test tool or in a well-known [[programming language]] (such as [[C++]], [[Tcl]], [[Expect]], [[Java programming language|Java]], [[Perl]], [[Python programming language|Python]], or more recently, [[Ruby programming language|Ruby]]). Automated test tools can test many areas of system functionality such as the user interface, performance of the system, the system code and the requirements.