input-output section

noun

The part of the environment division of a COBOL program that specifies the symbolic names of external files accessed by the program

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Meanings

nouninput-output section (plural input-output sections)

plural input-output sections

  1. computingThe part of the environment division of a COBOL program that specifies the symbolic names of external files accessed by the program
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