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single-byte character set [Cobol/Syntax]
A set of characters in which each character is represented by a single byte. See also ASCII and EBCDIC (Extended Binary- ...
slack bytes [Cobol/Syntax]
Bytes inserted between data items or records to ensure correct alignment of some numeric items. Slack bytes contain no m ...
sort file [Cobol/Syntax]
A collection of records to be sorted by a SORT statement. The sort file is created and can be used by the sort function ...
sort-merge file description entr [Cobol/Syntax]
An entry in the FILE SECTION of the DATA DIVISION that is composed of the level indicator SD, followed by a file-name, a ...
source computer entry [Cobol/Syntax]
An entry in the SOURCE-COMPUTER paragraph of the ENVIRONMENT DIVISION; this entry contains clauses that describe the com ...
source item [Cobol/Syntax]
An identifier designated by a SOURCE clause that provides the value of a printable item.
source program [Cobol/Syntax]
Although a source program can be represented by other forms and symbols, in this document the term always refers to a sy ...
source unit [Cobol/Syntax]
A unit of COBOL source code that can be separately compiled: a program or a class definition. Also known as a compilatio ...
SOURCE-COMPUTER [Cobol/Syntax]
The name of an ENVIRONMENT DIVISION paragraph in which the computer environment, where the source program is compiled, i ...
special character [Cobol/Syntax]
A character that belongs to the following set ...