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MPP [Cobol/Syntax]
See message-processing program.
name [Cobol/Syntax]
A word (composed of not more than 30 characters) that defines a COBOL operand.
namespace [Cobol/Syntax]
See XML namespace.
national character [Cobol/Syntax]
(1) A UTF-16 character in a USAGE NATIONAL data item or national literal ...
national character position [Cobol/Syntax]
See character position.
national data item [Cobol/Syntax]
A data item of category national, national-edited, or numeric-edited of USAGE NATIONAL.
national decimal data item [Cobol/Syntax]
An external decimal data item that is described implicitly or explicitly as USAGE NATIONAL and that contains a valid com ...
national floating-point data ite [Cobol/Syntax]
An external floating-point data item that is described implicitly or explicitly as USAGE NATIONAL and that has a PICTURE ...
national group item [Cobol/Syntax]
A group item that is explicitly or implicitly described with a GROUP-USAGE NATIONAL clause. A national group item is pro ...
national-edited data item [Cobol/Syntax]
A data item that is described by a PICTURE character string that contains at least one instance of the symbol N and at l ...