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Terms  edited data item   editing character   elementary item   encoding unit   end of PROCEDURE DIVISION   end program marker   entry   environment clause   ENVIRONMENT DIVISION   environment variable   environment-name   expanded date field  ..more

edited data item [Cobol/Syntax]
A data item that has been modified by suppressing zeros or inserting editing characters or both.
editing character [Cobol/Syntax]
A single character or a fixed two-character combination belonging to the following set ...
elementary item [Cobol/Syntax]
A data item that is described as not being further logically subdivided.
encoding unit [Cobol/Syntax]
See character encoding unit.
end of PROCEDURE DIVISION [Cobol/Syntax]
The physical position of a COBOL source program after which no further procedures appear.
end program marker [Cobol/Syntax]
A combination of words, followed by a separator period, that indicates the end of a COBOL source program. The end progra ...
entry [Cobol/Syntax]
Any descriptive set of consecutive clauses terminated by a separator period and written in the IDENTIFICATION DIVISION, ...
environment clause [Cobol/Syntax]
A clause that appears as part of an ENVIRONMENT DIVISION entry.
ENVIRONMENT DIVISION [Cobol/Syntax]
One of the four main component parts of a COBOL program, class definition, or method definition. The ENVIRONMENT DIVISIO ...
environment variable [Cobol/Syntax]
Any of a number of variables that define some aspect of the computing environment, and are accessible to programs that o ...