Cobol Glossary

Browse 2 cobol terms defined in plain English, from the cultural dictionary of computing.

2 Cobol Terms

Copybook: A COBOL source code file that defines data structures and is included into other programs at compile time via the COPY statement. Functionally equivalent to...
Working Storage: A section of a COBOL program's DATA DIVISION where variables that persist for the life of the program are declared. Unlike LOCAL-STORAGE (per-invocation),...