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called program [Cobol/Syntax]
A program that is the object of a CALL statement. At run time the called program and calling program are combined to pro ...
calling program [Cobol/Syntax]
A program that executes a CALL to another program.
case structure [Cobol/Concept]
A program-processing logic in which a series of conditions is tested in order to choose between a number of resulting ac ...
CCSID [Cobol/Context]
See coded character set identifier.
century window [Cobol/Syntax]
A 100-year interval within which any two-digit year is unique. Several types of century window are available to COBOL pr ...
character [Cobol/Syntax]
The basic indivisible unit of the language.
character encoding unit [Cobol/Syntax]
A unit of data that corresponds to one code point in a coded character set. One or more character encoding units are use ...
character position [Cobol/Syntax]
The amount of physical storage or presentation space required to hold or present one character. The term applies to any ...
character set [Cobol/Syntax]
A collection of elements that are used to represent textual information, but for which no coded representation is assume ...
character string [Cobol/Syntax]
A sequence of contiguous characters that form a COBOL word, a literal, a PICTURE character string, or a comment-entry. A ...