"regression testing" meaning in English

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          "ref": "1999, Elfriede Dustin, Jeff Rashka, John Paul, Automated Software Testing",
          "text": "During manual test execution, a newly introduced defect to previously working functionality might not be found until hours into the regression testing cycle.",
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          "ref": "2000, Robert V. Binder, Testing Object-oriented Systems: Models, Patterns, and Tools, page 32",
          "text": "Without regression testing, unseen bugs will accumulate, until suddenly nothing works in what was once thought to be a stable system.",
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        "Testing a program after a modification to ensure that areas that should not be affected by the update behave as they did in previous versions."
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