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header label [Cobol/Syntax]
(1) A file label or data-set label that precedes the data records on a unit of recording media ...
high-order end [Cobol/Syntax]
The leftmost character of a string of characters.
I-O mode [Cobol/Syntax]
The state of a file after execution of an OPEN statement, with the I-O phrase specified, for that file and before the ex ...
I-O status [Cobol/Syntax]
A conceptual entity that contains the two-character value indicating the resulting status of an input-output operation. ...
I-O-CONTROL [Cobol/Syntax]
The name of an ENVIRONMENT DIVISION paragraph in which object program requirements for rerun points, sharing of same are ...
I-O-CONTROL entry [Cobol/Syntax]
An entry in the I-O-CONTROL paragraph of the ENVIRONMENT DIVISION; this entry contains clauses that provide information ...
IDENTIFICATION DIVISION [Cobol/Syntax]
One of the four main component parts of a COBOL program, class definition, or method definition. The IDENTIFICATION DIVI ...
identifier [Cobol/Syntax]
A syntactically correct combination of character strings and separators that names a data item. When referencing a data ...
imperative statement [Cobol/Syntax]
A statement that either begins with an imperative verb and specifies an unconditional action to be taken or is a conditi ...
implicit scope terminator [Cobol/Syntax]
A separator period that terminates the scope of any preceding unterminated statement, or a phrase of a statement that by ...