Definitions for "Static analysis"
(1) (NBS) Analysis of a program that is performed without executing the program. (2) (IEEE) The process of evaluating a system or component based on its form, structure, content, documentation. Contrast with dynamic analysis. See: code audit, code inspection, code review, code walk-through, design review, symbolic execution.
The process of evaluating a program without executing the program. Contrast with dynamic analysis.
Analysis of software artifacts, e.g. requirements or code, carried out without execution of these software artifacts.
An examination or process, especially one involving competing or conflicting forces that does not take into effect variables outside of known parameters.
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