Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

data division

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.74 in modern English

Syllables: data -di-vi-sion
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

4

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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

Example Sentences

"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."
"It is best to define the variables within the data division before writing the procedure division."
"We use the data division to control the definition of these fields."

Inflected Forms

data divisions (plural)

Questions

What does data division mean?: 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

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