Source : Free On-Line Dictionary of Computing

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)