A test tool that records test input as it is sent to the software under test. The input cases stored can then be used to reproduce the test at a later time.
BS 7925-1.British Computer Society Specialist Interest Group in Software Testing (BCS SIGIST)

Once you have actually tried to use the capture/playback functions of these tools, you realise how short they fall of the vendors big promises.

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