Definition of practical for Students. 1  1 : of or relating to real action rather than ideas or thought practical matters. 2  2 : capable of being put to use : reasonable to do or use practical advice Those shoes are nice, but these are more practical. 3  3 : tending to act according to reason and logic Beezus, always practical, changed her mind.
(March 2016) The Universal Verification Methodology (UVM) is a standardized methodology for verifying integrated circuit designs. UVM is derived mainly from the OVM (Open Verification Methodology) which was, to a large part, based on the eRM (e Reuse Methodology) for the e Verification Language developed by Verisity Design in 2001.
At Last, One Functional Verification Methodology for Everyone! Updated for UVM 1.2. UVM 1.0 was released on 28 Feb 2011 with the explicit endorsement of all the major simulator vendors. Since that time UVM has become the only show in town when it comes to standardized SystemVerilog verification methodologies.