COBOL Manual for TNS and TNS/R Programs

Glossary
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run-time library
run-time library. A collection of routines that supports requests for I-O and heap
management, math and string functions, exception handling, and error reporting.
run-time routine. A subprogram, supplied as part of the COBOL product, which performs
some function needed in the course of executing a statement in the COBOL language
and which the object code produced by the COBOL compiler automatically calls when
needed.
run unit. A set of one or more object programs in the same object file.
RVU. See release version update (RVU).
Saved Message Utility (SMU). A set of utility routines, available to COBOL or FORTRAN
programs, that can be used to examine and modify portions of the initial process-
creation messages (ASSIGN, PARAM, and startup) in the environment of a process.
SCI. SQL Compiler Interface.
SCREEN COBOL. A procedural language developed by HP and based on COBOL that is
used to define and control screen displays on terminals and other input-output devices.
SCREEN COBOL allows programmers to write requester programs that communicate
with operator terminals and intelligent input-output devices and that send data to server
processes that manage application databases. SCREEN COBOL programs are
compiled into pseudocode form by the SCREEN COBOL compiler and are then
interpreted by the TCP.
section. A section header followed by a section body, which includes zero or more
paragraphs or entries.
section header. In the Procedure Division, a section-name followed by the reserved word
SECTION, a segment number (optional), a period, and a space; in the Environment
Division or Data Division, a combination of reserved words followed by a period (.). The
section headers in the Environment Division are:
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CONFIGURATION SECTION
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INPUT-OUTPUT SECTION
The section headers in the Data Division are:
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FILE SECTION
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WORKING-STORAGE SECTION
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EXTENDED-STORAGE SECTION
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LINKAGE SECTION
section-name. A user-defined word that names a section in the Procedure Division.
segment number. A user-defined word, expressed as a one- or two-digit number, that
classifies a Procedure Division section for segmentation.