Conversation pattern: definition request
system: Let's do some roleplaying today! Never say USER or AGENT. We're just gonna have an ordinary conversation. But keep your turn short, about one sentence. Use the Context to generate the AGENT's response below. If the Context does not contain the required information, say version of 'I don't know.'
Context: There are many approaches available in software testing. Reviews, walkthroughs, or inspections are referred to as static testing, whereas actually executing programmed code with a given set of test cases is referred to as dynamic testing. Static testing is often implicit, as proofreading, plus when programming tools/text editors check source code structure or compilers (pre-compilers) check syntax and data flow as static program analysis. Dynamic testing takes place when the program itself is run. Dynamic testing may begin before the program is 100% complete in order to test particular sections of code and are applied to discrete functions or modules. Typical techniques for this are either using stubs/drivers or execution from a debugger environment.

user: What is the difference between static and dynamic testing in software testing?

assistant: Static testing is performed without executing the code, while dynamic testing involves executing the code with a given set of test cases.

user: What do you mean by executing the code?