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do construct [Cobol/Concept]
In structured programming, a DO statement is used to group a number of statements in a procedure. In COBOL, an inline PE ...
do-until [Cobol/Concept]
In structured programming, a do-until loop will be executed at least once, and until a given condition is true. In COBOL ...
do-while [Cobol/Concept]
In structured programming, a do-while loop will be executed if, and while, a given condition is true. In COBOL, a TEST B ...
document encoding [Cobol/Context]
For an XML document, one of the following encoding categories that the XML parser determines by examining the first few ...
double-byte character set [Cobol/Syntax]
(DBCS ...
dynamic access [Cobol/Syntax]
An access mode in which specific logical records can be obtained from or placed into a mass storage file in a nonsequent ...
dynamic CALL [Cobol/Syntax]
A CALL literal statement in a program that has been compiled with the DYNAM option and the NODLL option, or a CALL ident ...
dynamic link library [Cobol/Context]
A file that contains executable code and data that are bound to a program at load time or run time, rather than during l ...
dynamic storage area [Cobol/Syntax]
(DSA ...
EBCDIC [Cobol/Standards]
(Extended Binary-Coded Decimal Interchange Code ...