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resultant identifier [Cobol/Syntax]
A user-defined data item that is to contain the result of an arithmetic operation.
routine [Cobol/Syntax]
A set of statements in a COBOL program that causes the computer to perform an operation or series of related operations. ...
routine-name [Cobol/Syntax]
A user-defined word that identifies a procedure written in a language other than COBOL.
run time [Cobol/Syntax]
The time at which an object program is executed. Synonymous with object time.
run unit [Cobol/Syntax]
A stand-alone object program, or several object programs, that interact by means of COBOL CALL or INVOKE statements and ...
runtime environment [Cobol/Syntax]
The environment in which a COBOL program executes.
SBCS [Cobol/Syntax]
See single-byte character set.
scope terminator [Cobol/Syntax]
A COBOL reserved word that marks the end of certain PROCEDURE DIVISION statements. It can be either explicit (END-ADD, f ...
section [Cobol/Syntax]
A set of zero, one, or more paragraphs or entities, called a section body, the first of which is preceded by a section h ...
section header [Cobol/Syntax]
A combination of words followed by a separator period that indicates the beginning of a section in any of these division ...