COBOL Manual for TNS and TNS/R Programs

Glossary
HP COBOL Manual for TNS and TNS/R Programs—522555-006
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compilation unit
compilation unit. A set of source files compiled in one call to a compiler, including any
compiler directives in the command that starts the compiler but not including any object
files that the compiler summons to resolve external references; in COBOL, one or
more source programs.
compile time. The time at which a compiler translates a source file into an object file.
compiler directive. An instruction to a compiler.
complex condition. A condition in which one or more logical operators act upon one or
more conditions. See abbreviated combined relation condition, negated simple
condition, and combined condition.
complex instruction-set computing (CISC). A processor architecture based on a large
instruction set, characterized by numerous addressing modes, multicycle machine
instructions, and many special-purpose instructions. Compare to reduced instruction-
set computing (RISC) and explicitly parallel instruction set computing (EPIC).
condition. A proposition about the values of variables and literals of a program for which an
executing program can determine a truth value.
condition-name. One of these:
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A user-defined word assigned to a specific value, set of values, or range of values
within the complete set of values that a conditional variable can have
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A user-defined word assigned to the status of a switch
condition-name condition. A proposition that the value of a conditional variable is a
member of the set of values attributed to a condition-name associated with the
variable, for which an executing program can determine a truth value.
conditional expression. A simple condition or complex condition specified in an IF,
PERFORM, or SEARCH statement.
conditional statement. A statement that tells a process to determine the truth value of a
condition and to base subsequent execution of the object program on the truth value.
conditional variable. A data item that has one or more values to which the program
assigns a condition-name.
content parameter. A parameter that is passed by content (also called a value parameter).
A called program cannot permanently change the value of a content parameter.
Compare to reference parameter.
contiguous. See contiguous data items.