strict evaluation

from The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (8 July 2008)

strict evaluation

   {Call-by-value} evaluation order is sometimes called "strict
   evaluation" because, in a sequential system, it makes
   functions behave as though they were {strict}, in the sense
   that evaluation of a function application cannot terminate
   before evaluation of the argument.  Similarly, languages are
   called strict if they use {call-by-value} argument passing.

   Compare {eager evaluation}, {lazy evaluation}.

   (1994-12-21)