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not terminating a loop or recursion
subject			fact

not terminating a loop or recursion	has definition A common defect in which a loop or a recursion does not always terminate, i.e. it is 'infinite'
	has testing strategy assume that the programmer has made an error should analyse what causes a repetitive action to be stopped should run test cases that the tester anticipates might not be handled correctly
	is a subtopic of 10.3 - Defects in Ordinary Algorithms
	is a kind of defect in an ordinary algorithm
defect	has example the absence of code to handle an exception
problem	has solution which will normally entail developing software, although you may decide that it is better to purchase software or to develop a non-software solution
	should be written as a simple problem statement in one or two sentences