file section

noun

The part of the data division of a COBOL program that describes the format of the logical records associated with external files to be accessed by the progrem

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Meanings

nounfile section (plural file sections)

plural file sections

  1. computingThe part of the data division of a COBOL program that describes the format of the logical records associated with external files to be accessed by the progrem
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