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data divisions

data divisions is the plural of data division.

Meaning of data division

Noun

data division (plural data divisions)

  1. The part of a COBOL program in which the format and layout of external files and databases, and internally-used variables and constants are defined
    • The data division is that portion of the program set aside to identify explicitly all the format characteristics of data received by the program, created within the program, and produced as output.1971, Allen Kent, Harold Lancour, Encyclopedia of Library and Information Science

Questions about data divisions

What is data divisions the plural of?
Data divisions is the plural of data division.

Words near data divisions in the dictionary

  1. data cubes
  2. data custody
  3. data dictionaries
  4. data dictionary
  5. data division
  6. data divisions
  7. data domain
  8. data domains
  9. data dredging
  10. data dump
  11. data dumping

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