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recursion [Cobol/Concept]
A program calling itself or being directly or indirectly called by one of its called programs.
recursively capable [Cobol/Concept]
A program is recursively capable (can be called recursively) if the RECURSIVE attribute is on the PROGRAM-ID statement.
reentrant [Cobol/Concept]
The attribute of a program or routine that lets more than one user share a single copy of a load module.
resource [Cobol/Concept]
A facility or service, controlled by the operating system, that an executing program can use.