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

Glossary
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PS Text EDIT
PS Text EDIT. An HP text-editing program, often abbreviated TEDIT.
pseudo-text. A sequence of text-words, comments, and separators, preceded and followed
by the pseudo-text pseudo-text delimiter (==).
pseudo-text delimiter. Two contiguous equal signs (==) that identify the beginning or end
of a pseudo-text, but are not part of the pseudo-text.
punctuation character. One of:
pTAL. A machine-independent systems programming language based on TAL. The pTAL
language excludes architecture-specific TAL constructs and includes new constructs
that replace the architecture-specific constructs. Compare to HP Transaction
Application Language (TAL).
qualified data-name. An identifier that consists of a data-name followed by one or more
sets of these:
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The connective OF and a data-name, file-name, or condition-name qualifier
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The connective IN and a data-name, file-name, or condition-name qualifier
qualifier. One of these:
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A data name or file name used in a reference, together with a data name that is at
a lower level in the same hierarchy.
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A section-name that you use in a reference together with a paragraph-name
specified in that section.
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A library name you use in a reference together with a text name associated with
that library.
queue file. An indexed file that can function as a queue.
random access. An access mode in which the value that a program specifies for a key
identifies the logical record on which the process operates in a structured file.
RECEIVE-CONTROL. The name of an Environment Division paragraph that defines the
Receive-Control table and the Reply table used by a $RECEIVE process.
record. See logical record.
Character Character Name Character Character Name
; Semicolon ( Left parenthesis
: Colon ) Right parenthesis
.Period Space
" Quotation mark = Equal sign