COBOL Manual for TNS and TNS/R Programs

Glossary
HP COBOL Manual for TNS and TNS/R Programs—522555-006
Glossary-7
contiguous data items
contiguous data items. Two or more data items that have a hierarchical relationship to
each other, which you describe by consecutive data description entries at the same
level (except consecutive level-01 entries) in the Data Division; for example:
01 ABLE.
02 BAKER PIC X(2).
02 CHARLIE PIC X(2).
02 DOG.
04 EASY PIC X(2).
04 FOX PIC X(2).
02 GOOSE PIC X(2).
BAKER, CHARLIE, DOG, and GOOSE are contiguous; EASY and FOX are
contiguous.
counter. A data item in which a process stores a number, or number representation, in a
way that the process can:
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Increase or decrease the number by the value of another number
•
Change or reset the number to zero or to an arbitrary positive or negative value
CRE. See Common Run-Time Environment (CRE).
CRE library. See Common Run-Time Environment (CRE) library.
CRE program. A program that runs in the Common Run-Time Environment (CRE). If a
CRE program was compiled by the COBOL85 compiler, the directive ENV COMMON
or ENV LIBRARY was specified. Compare to non-CRE program.
CROSSREF utility program. The HP software product that produces cross-reference
listings of source programs. It can be used directly or initiated by a compiler directive.
currency sign. The character $.
currency symbol. The character defined by the CURRENCY SIGN clause in the SPECIAL-
NAMES paragraph or, if the program has no CURRENCY SIGN clause, the currency
sign.
current record. The record currently available in the record area associated with a file.
current record pointer. A conceptual entity that specifies the next record to be accessed in
a file.
data block. The smallest separately relocatable unit of data in an object file; in COBOL, a
collection of data that the COBOL compiler groups and names.
Data Definition Language (DDL). An HP language that describes the record and file
structures of a database. When a database is described in DDL, the DDL compiler can
create a COPY library for use in COBOL compilations and other libraries for other
languages.