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keyword [Cobol/Syntax]
A reserved word or function-name whose presence is required when the format in which the word appears is used in a sourc ...
kilobyte [Cobol/Syntax]
One kilobyte (KB) equals 1024 bytes.
language-name [Cobol/Syntax]
A system-name that specifies a particular programming language.
last-used state [Cobol/Syntax]
A state that a program is in if its internal values remain the same as when the program was exited (the values are not r ...
letter [Cobol/Syntax]
A character belonging to one of the following two sets ...
level indicator [Cobol/Syntax]
Two alphabetic characters that identify a specific type of file or a position in a hierarchy. The level indicators in th ...
level-number [Cobol/Syntax]
A user-defined word (expressed as a two-digit number) that indicates the hierarchical position of a data item or the spe ...
library text [Cobol/Syntax]
A sequence of text words, comment lines, the separator space, or the separator pseudo-text delimiter in a COBOL library.
library-name [Cobol/Syntax]
A user-defined word that names a COBOL library that the compiler is to use for compiling a given source program.
Lilian date [Cobol/Syntax]
The number of days since the beginning of the Gregorian calendar. Day one is Friday, October 15, 1582. The Lilian date f ...