desk check

desk check

[′desk ‚chek] (computer science) dry run

desk check

(programming)To grovel over hardcopy of source code,mentally simulating the control flow; a method of catchingbugs. No longer common practice in this age of on-screenediting, fast compiles, and sophisticated debuggers - thoughsome maintain stoutly that it ought to be.

Compare dry run, eyeball search, vdiff, vgrep.