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Approaches in debugging

Write a brief note on the common approaches in debugging? Briefly explain all the methods?

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The common approaches in debugging are as follows:

a) Brute force technique: The memory dumps and run-time tracks are observed and program with write statements is loaded to get clues to error causes.

b) Back tracking technique: The source code is examined by looking backwards from symptom to the potential causes of errors.

c) Cause elimination technique: This technique employs binary partitioning to decrease the number of positions where errors can exists.

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