Product testing, also called consumer testing or comparative testing, is a process of measuring the properties or performance of products.
cockpit. n. 1. (Aeronautics) the compartment in a small aircraft in which the pilot, crew, and sometimes the passengers sit. Compare flight deck 1. 2. (Motor Racing) the driver's compartment in a racing car.
The word cockpit was originally a sailing term for the coxswain's station in a Royal Navy ship, and later the location of the ship's rudder controls. Cockpit first appeared in the English language in the 1580s, a pit for fighting cocks, from cock + pit.