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Software Testing can not show the absence of errors?

  1. True

  2. False
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Explanation

This statement is True. As established by Edsger Dijkstra's famous principle, software testing can demonstrate the presence of bugs but can never prove their absence. Testing is a sampling technique that shows defects exist under specific test conditions, but provides no guarantee about untested scenarios. Complete confidence in error-free software requires mathematical proof techniques beyond empirical testing.

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