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input-output file [Cobol/Syntax]
A file that is opened in the I-O mode.
INPUT-OUTPUT SECTION [Cobol/Syntax]
The section of the ENVIRONMENT DIVISION that names the files and the external media required by an object program or met ...
input-output statement [Cobol/Syntax]
A statement that causes files to be processed by performing operations on individual records or on the file as a unit. T ...
instance data [Cobol/Syntax]
Data that defines the state of an object. The instance data introduced by a class is defined in the WORKING-STORAGE SECT ...
integer [Cobol/Syntax]
(1) A numeric literal that does not include any digit positions to the right of the decimal point ...
interlanguage communication [Cobol/Syntax]
(ILC ...
intermediate result [Cobol/Syntax]
An intermediate field that contains the results of a succession of arithmetic operations.
internal data [Cobol/Syntax]
The data that is described in a program and excludes all external data items and external file connectors. Items describ ...
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 ...