debug

1. Finding and removing runtime errors in a computer program. This analysis is often done by special software products called debuggers. You can analyze a program to detect and locate errors in its logic, change the source code appropriately, then compile and run the program again.

See also compile, execute, link.

2. The INFORMIX-4GL Interactive Debugger can debug 4GL programs when they have been compiled as p-code. The Debugger helps you control and monitor program execution and inspect the application state.

See also debugging environment, p-code, program execution.