---
title: "stub"
description: " A skeletal or special-purpose implementation of a software component, used to develop or test a component that calls or is otherwise dependent on it. It replaces a called component. "
type: term
term_id: 93
language: English
language_code: gb
canonical: "https://glossary.istqb.org/en/term/stub"
slug: "stub"
url: "https://istqb-glossary.page/stub/"
---

# stub

 A skeletal or special-purpose implementation of a software component, used to develop or test a component that calls or is otherwise dependent on it. It replaces a called component. 

## Present in syllabi


- Advanced Test Analyst 2012
- Advanced Technical Test Analyst 2012
- Expert Test Management 2011
- Advanced Test Automation Engineer 2016
- Advanced Security Tester 2016
- Foundation 2018
- Foundation Extension - Performance Testing 2018
- Foundation V3.1 2018
- Advanced Test Analyst 2019
- Advanced Technical Test Analyst 2019
- Advanced Agile Technical Tester 2019

## Translations


- [Deutsch](https://istqb-glossary.page/de/platzhalter/) — Platzhalter
- [Deutsch](https://istqb-glossary.page/de/stub/) — Stub
- [Italiano](https://istqb-glossary.page/it/stub/) — stub
- [日本語](https://istqb-glossary.page/jp/%E3%82%B9%E3%82%BF%E3%83%95-stub/) — スタブ（stub）
- [Português (Brasil)](https://istqb-glossary.page/br/simulador/) — simulador
- [Polski](https://istqb-glossary.page/pl/zaslepka/) — zaślepka
- [Português](https://istqb-glossary.page/pt/simulador/) — simulador
- [Čeština](https://istqb-glossary.page/cz/stub/) — stub
- [Dansk](https://istqb-glossary.page/dk/stub/) — stub
- [Svenska](https://istqb-glossary.page/se/stubbe/) — stubbe
- [Nederlands](https://istqb-glossary.page/nl/stub/) — stub
- [Magyar](https://istqb-glossary.page/hu/csonk/) — csonk
- [Norsk](https://istqb-glossary.page/no/stubb/) — stubb
- [한국어](https://istqb-glossary.page/kr/%E1%84%89%E1%85%B3%E1%84%90%E1%85%A5%E1%86%B8-stub/) — 스텁(stub)

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