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file-name [Cobol/Syntax]
A user-defined word that names a file connector described in a file description entry or a sort-merge file description e ...
fixed file attributes [Cobol/Syntax]
Information about a file that is established when a file is created and that cannot subsequently be changed during the e ...
fixed-length record [Cobol/Syntax]
A record associated with a file whose file description or sort-merge description entry requires that all records contain ...
fixed-point item [Cobol/Syntax]
A numeric data item defined with a PICTURE clause that specifies the location of an optional sign, the number of digits ...
floating point [Cobol/Syntax]
A format for representing numbers in which a real number is represented by a pair of distinct numerals. In a floating-po ...
floating-point data item [Cobol/Syntax]
A numeric data item that contains a fraction and an exponent. Its value is obtained by multiplying the fraction by the b ...
format [Cobol/Syntax]
A specific arrangement of a set of data.
function [Cobol/Syntax]
A temporary data item whose value is determined at the time the function is referenced during the execution of a stateme ...
function-identifier [Cobol/Syntax]
A syntactically correct combination of character strings and separators that references a function. The data item repres ...
function-name [Cobol/Syntax]
A word that names the mechanism whose invocation, along with required arguments, determines the value of a function.