COBOL Manual for TNS and TNS/R Programs

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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.

record area. A storage area the process allocates for processing a record described by a

record description entry in the File Section.

record description entry. The total set of data description entries associated with a

particular record.

record key. A data item whose value identifies a record in a structured file. See prime

record key, relative key, and alternate record key.

record-name. A user-defined word that names a record described by a record description

entry in the Data Division.

record number. The ordinal number of a record in a sequential file.

reduced instruction-set computing (RISC). A processor architecture based on a relatively

small and simple instruction set, a large number of general-purpose registers, and an

optimized instruction pipeline that supports high-performance instruction execution.

Compare to complex instruction-set computing (CISC) and explicitly parallel instruction

set computing (EPIC).

reference format. A format that provides a standard method for describing COBOL source

programs:

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Tandem reference format

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ANSI reference format

reference modifier. The leftmost character position and length used to establish and refer

to a data item.