What do you mean by priority and severity ? give an example to explain .

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Priority and severity are terms used in software testing to indicate the importance and impact of a defect.

Priority refers to the order in which defects should be fixed based on their impact on the system and business requirements.
Severity refers to the degree of impact a defect has on the system's functionality and the user's ability to use it.
For example, a defect that causes the system to crash would have high severity, while a spelling mistake in a non-critical area would have low severity.
A defect that prevents a user from completing a critical task would have high priority, while a cosmetic issue would have low priority.

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