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procedure divisions

procedure divisions is the plural of procedure division.

Meaning of procedure division

Noun

procedure division (plural procedure divisions)

  1. The part of a COBOL program containing all the instructions that the computer is to execute
    • The procedure division contains the imperative, arithmetic, conditional, and other statements that create and manipulate the data.1971, Allen Kent, Harold Lancour, Encyclopedia of Library and Information Science

Questions about procedure divisions

What is procedure divisions the plural of?
Procedure divisions is the plural of procedure division.

Words near procedure divisions in the dictionary

  1. procedurals
  2. procedure
  3. procedure call
  4. procedure calls
  5. procedure division
  6. procedure divisions
  7. procedure mask
  8. procedure masks
  9. procedure word
  10. procedure words
  11. procedures

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