testandmetele
Testandmetele is a term used in Estonian technical discourse to denote the dataset designated for testing purposes, as distinct from training or development data. It refers to the data and accompanying metadata used to evaluate the performance of software, models, or analytical pipelines. The term is commonly found in documentation for data science projects, quality assurance, and machine learning evaluation workflows.
Etymology and usage notes: The word combines the English word test with the Estonian word andmed (data)
Applications: In machine learning, testandmetele refers to the immutably reserved data used to evaluate generalization after
Creation and governance: Test data sets are typically curated by data stewards, with documentation of provenance,
Limitations: The term is mainly used within Estonian-language contexts; in broader settings, practitioners may simply say
See also: Test data, training data (treeningandmed), validation data, data governance, reproducibility.