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internal data item [Cobol/Syntax]
A data item that is described in one program in a run unit. An internal data item can have a global name.
internal decimal data item [Cobol/Syntax]
A data item that is described as USAGE PACKED-DECIMAL or USAGE COMP-3, and that has a PICTURE character string that defi ...
internal file connector [Cobol/Syntax]
A file connector that is accessible to only one object program in the run unit.
internal floating-point data ite [Cobol/Syntax]
A data item that is described as USAGE COMP-1 or USAGE COMP-2. COMP-1 defines a single-precision floating-point data ite ...
intrarecord data structure [Cobol/Syntax]
The entire collection of groups and elementary data items from a logical record that a contiguous subset of the data des ...
intrinsic function [Cobol/Syntax]
A predefined function, such as a commonly used arithmetic function, called by a built-in function reference.
invalid key condition [Cobol/Syntax]
A condition, at run time, caused when a specific value of the key associated with an indexed or relative file is determi ...
iteration structure [Cobol/Concept]
A program processing logic in which a series of statements is repeated while a condition is true or until a condition is ...