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Branch

A Branch is either:

a conditional transfer of control from any statement to any other statement in a component, or
an unconditional transfer of control from any statement to any other statement in the component except the next statement, or
when a component has more than one entry point, a transfer of control to an entry point of the component. [ SIGIST ]

Other Definitions

Branch [ ISO/IEC/IEEE 24765 ]:

a computer program construct in which one of two or more alternative sets of program statements is selected for execution.
a point in a computer program at which one of two or more alternative sets of program statements is selected for execution.
to perform the selection in (1).
any of the alternative sets of program statements in (1).
a set of evolving source file versions.

Notes

Every branch is identified by a tag. Often, a branch identifies the file versions that have been or will be released as a product release. May denote unbundling of arrow meaning, i.e., the separation of object types from an object type set. Also refers to an arrow segment into which a root arrow segment has been divided. [ ISO/IEC/IEEE 24765 ]

See also

Glossary:

Branch Coverage

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