Stability: Stress testing aims to determine a system's robustness by pushing it beyond its limits. When the system fails, it's crucial to assess its stability in terms of recovery and ensure that it doesn't compromise the data integrity and returns to its stable state.

A "Scenario" in usability testing refers to a specific set of tasks that participants are asked to perform. It's a narrative that describes the user's actions and intentions without suggesting how they might be accomplished. This helps to evaluate the product's ease of use and intuitiveness in a real-world context.

Configuration Auditing and Configuration Control are both crucial aspects of Configuration Management. Configuration Auditing ensures that the current configuration of an item matches the specified requirements and checks for consistency and completeness, ensuring no unauthorized changes have occurred. On the other hand, Configuration Control involves evaluating, coordinating, approving or disapproving, and implementing changes to configured items.

Linting is a process that involves the use of tools (often termed as "linters") to automatically scan source code for potential issues. These tools typically focus on ensuring that coding standards, conventions, and best practices are adhered to, without executing the program or script.

"Breaking the build" in CI/CD refers to introducing changes to the codebase that cause the automated build process to fail. This often means that a new code change has introduced errors that were caught during the compilation or testing phase of the build process.

Boundary Value Analysis is a technique where tests are designed around boundary values. Since software often fails at the boundaries, this method is crucial for pinpointing defects that manifest at edge cases, ensuring robustness of the application.

In incremental integration testing, as new modules are integrated, tests are "repeated" for the new combined group of modules to ensure that the newly added module integrates properly with the existing system. This ensures that with each addition, the system remains stable and no new issues are introduced due to the integration.

The "Iterative" model in SDLC emphasizes iterative development. With each iteration, development processes go through the software development life cycle phases like planning, requirements, design, implementation, and testing. Feedback loops allow for constant refinement and adjustment based on lessons learned.

To uphold code quality in Continuous Integration, Static Analysis tools are employed. These tools analyze the source code without executing it, identifying potential issues, code smells, or violations against predefined coding standards, thus ensuring high code quality before merging.

Integration Testing involves validating the interactions between different software modules or systems to ensure they work together as intended. It focuses on identifying issues that can arise when individual units or components are integrated, such as data inconsistencies, communication errors, or function mismatches.