dry run

4 definitions found

dry run - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  dry run
      n 1: a practice session in preparation for a public performance
           (as of a play or speech or concert); "he missed too many
           rehearsals"; "a rehearsal will be held the day before the
           wedding" [syn: rehearsal, dry run]

dry run - Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (26 May 2007) :

  dry run
  
     <programming> To execute a program by hand, writing values of
     variables and other run-time data on paper, in order to check
     its operation and control flow or to track down a bug (as
     part of debugging).  A dry run is an extreme form of desk check
      or code review and is practical only for fairly
     simple programs, small amounts of data and simple external
     interfaces.  It was often performed off-line using a
     hardcopy of the source code.
  
     Dry runs were common practice in the days when access to
     computers was limited but the availability of screen editors
     and fast compilers makes debugging by printf a more
     productive method in most cases.  Sophisticated debuggers
     that allow you to get the computer to step through your source
     code line by line and show values of variables make even this
     unnecessary.
  
     (2006-11-27)
  

dry run - U.S. Gazetteer (1990) :

  Dry Run, OH (CDP, FIPS 22674)
    Location: 39.10430 N, 84.33066 W
    Population (1990): 5389 (1701 housing units)
    Area: 12.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
  Dry Run, PA
    Zip code(s): 17220

dry run - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :

  48 Moby Thesaurus words for "dry run":
     Gedankenexperiment, action, air cover, air raid, air support,
     amphibious operations, audition, bench test, bombing,
     combined operations, cover, flight test, fluid operations, hearing,
     logistics, maneuver, maneuvers, military operations, milk run,
     minor operations, mission, movement, operation, operations,
     overseas operations, pilot plan, practical test, practice,
     reconnaissance, reconnaissance mission, rehearsal, road test,
     scramble, shakedown, shakedown cruise, shuttle raid, sortie,
     staff work, strafing, test flight, test run, training mission,
     trial run, tryout, umbrella, war game, war plans, workout