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user-defined word [Cobol/Syntax]
A COBOL word that must be supplied by the user to satisfy the format of a clause or statement.
variable [Cobol/Syntax]
A data item whose value can be changed by execution of the object program. A variable used in an arithmetic expression m ...
variable-length item [Cobol/Syntax]
A group item that contains a table described with the DEPENDING phrase of the OCCURS clause.
variable-length record [Cobol/Syntax]
A record associated with a file whose file description or sort-merge description entry permits records to contain a vary ...
variable-occurrence data item [Cobol/Syntax]
A variable-occurrence data item is a table element that is repeated a variable number of times. Such an item must contai ...
variably located group [Cobol/Syntax]
A group item following, and not subordinate to, a variable-length table in the same record. The group item can be an alp ...
variably located item [Cobol/Syntax]
A data item following, and not subordinate to, a variable-length table in the same record.
verb [Cobol/Syntax]
A word that expresses an action to be taken by a COBOL compiler or object program.
windowed date field [Cobol/Syntax]
A date field containing a windowed (two-digit) year. See also date field and windowed year.
windowed year [Cobol/Syntax]
A date field that consists only of a two-digit year. This two-digit year can be interpreted using a century window. For ...