Compile-time, load-time, run-time: phases of... what?

Question

Hi. Sorry for the confusing title :P

I'm sure I should know this but I always have trouble with terminology. I can't figure out the right word to put in the blank space in the following sentence:

Different weaving strategies are usually classified according to the phase of _______ at which they are performed, resulting in the categories static weaving, load-time weaving, just-in-time weaving and run-time weaving.

So, basically: compilation, load, run,... are phases of... what? The word eludes me!

Thanks so much.

Answer 1

Binding is probably the word I'd put in there. It applies as much to computers as it does to the loom :-)

Answer 2

"Program lifetime" is the only term I can think of.

Answer 3

Different weaving strategies are usually classified according to the phase of "Processing" at which they are performed, resulting in the categories static weaving, load-time weaving, just-in-time weaving and run-time weaving.

I also like Binding that Pax has mentioned before.

Answer 4

I think they are not phases of anything, but rather self-referencing descriptions of particular events. What are lunch time and dinner time phases of?

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