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compiler [Cobol/Context]
A program that translates source code written in a higher-level language into machine-language object code.
compiler-directing statement [Cobol/Syntax]
A statement that causes the compiler to take a specific action during compilation. The standard compiler-directing state ...
complex condition [Cobol/Syntax]
A condition in which one or more logical operators act upon one or more conditions. See also condition, negated simple c ...
complex ODO [Cobol/Syntax]
Certain forms of the OCCURS DEPENDING ON clause ...
component [Cobol/Concept]
(1) A functional grouping of related files ...
computer-name [Cobol/Syntax]
A system-name that identifies the computer where the program is to be compiled or run.
condition [Cobol/Syntax]
(condition-1, condition-2,. . .) of a general format, the term refers to a conditional expression that consists of eithe ...
condition-name [Cobol/Syntax]
A user-defined word that assigns a name to a subset of values that a conditional variable can assume; or a user-defined ...
condition-name condition [Cobol/Syntax]
The proposition (for which a truth value can be determined) that the value of a conditional variable is a member of the ...
conditional expression [Cobol/Syntax]
A simple condition or a complex condition specified in an EVALUATE, IF, PERFORM, or SEARCH statement. See also simple co ...