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environment-name [Cobol/Syntax]
A name, specified by IBM, that identifies system logical units, printer and card punch control characters, report codes, ...
expanded date field [Cobol/Syntax]
A date field containing an expanded (four-digit) year. See also date field and expanded year.
expanded year [Cobol/Syntax]
A date field that consists only of a four-digit year. Its value includes the century: for example, 1998. Compare with wi ...
explicit scope terminator [Cobol/Syntax]
A reserved word that terminates the scope of a particular PROCEDURE DIVISION statement.
exponent [Cobol/Syntax]
A number that indicates the power to which another number (the base) is to be raised. Positive exponents denote multipli ...
expression [Cobol/Syntax]
An arithmetic or conditional expression.
extend mode [Cobol/Syntax]
The state of a file after execution of an OPEN statement, with the EXTEND phrase specified for that file, and before the ...
extensions [Cobol/Syntax]
COBOL syntax and semantics supported by IBM compilers in addition to those described in Standard COBOL 85.
external data [Cobol/Syntax]
The data that is described in a program as external data items and external file connectors.
external data item [Cobol/Syntax]
A data item that is described as part of an external record in one or more programs of a run unit and that can be refere ...