COBOL Manual for TNS/E Programs (H06.03+)

Glossary
HP COBOL Manual for TNS/E Programs—520347-003
Glossary-22
output procedure
output procedure. A Procedure Division section or group of sections executed during
either SORT or MERGE statements; obtains the ordered records from the SORT or
MERGE operation by executing a RETURN statement, the end of the set of records
being signalled by the EOF condition, which can be tested for with the AT END phrase
of the RETURN statement; receives control (1) during execution of a SORT statement,
after the sort operation is complete, or (2) during execution of a MERGE statement,
after the merge function selects the next record in merged order.
padding character. An alphanumeric character used to fill the unused character positions
in a block. HP COBOL does not pad records.
page. One of these:
•
On disk, a contiguous block of storage starting on a sector boundary and
containing 2,048 bytes; a unit of disk allocation.
•
In memory, a division of memory consisting of 2,048 bytes; the 2-byte pages of
physical memory are numbered from 0 through 1,023.
page body. The part of a logical page in which you can put lines or spaces.
PAGE-COUNTER. A special register that is not available in HP COBOL.
paragraph. In the Procedure Division, a paragraph-name followed by a period (.) and zero,
one, or more sentences; in the Identification Division or Environment Division, a
paragraph header followed by zero, one, or more entries.
paragraph header. A reserved word, followed by a period (.), that indicates the beginning of
a paragraph in the Identification Division or Environment Division. The paragraph
headers in the Identification Division are:
•
PROGRAM-ID
•
AUTHOR
•
INSTALLATION
•
DATE-WRITTEN
•
DATE-COMPILED
•
SECURITY
The paragraph headers in the Environment Division are:
•
SOURCE-COMPUTER
•
OBJECT-COMPUTER
•
SPECIAL-NAMES
•
FILE-CONTROL
•
I-O-CONTROL
•
RECEIVE-CONTROL
paragraph-name. A user-defined word that identifies and begins a paragraph in the
Procedure Division.