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contained program [Cobol/Concept]
A COBOL program that is nested within another COBOL program.
copybook [Cobol/Concept]
A file or library member that contains a sequence of code that is included in the source program at compile time using t ...
cross-reference listing [Cobol/Concept]
The portion of the compiler listing that contains information on where files, fields, and indicators are defined, refere ...
decimal point [Cobol/Concept]
The physical representation, using the decimal point characters period (.) or comma (,), of the decimal point position i ...
do construct [Cobol/Concept]
In structured programming, a DO statement is used to group a number of statements in a procedure. In COBOL, an inline PE ...
do-until [Cobol/Concept]
In structured programming, a do-until loop will be executed at least once, and until a given condition is true. In COBOL ...
do-while [Cobol/Concept]
In structured programming, a do-while loop will be executed if, and while, a given condition is true. In COBOL, a TEST B ...
execution time [Cobol/Concept]
See run time.
execution-time environment [Cobol/Concept]
See runtime environment.
Extensible Markup Language [Cobol/Concept]
See XML.