http://www.perlmonks.org?node_id=622520


in reply to scope in extreme programming

If the context is a variable, the scope is the part of the program where that variable is visible. (That's an oversimplification, though).

If it says "the scope if this test is..." then it might translate to "this test covers...".

But we need more context to give a better answer.

English, like Perl, is context sensitive (or was it the other way round? ;-)