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* character position symbol

+ character position symbol

, character position symbol

- character position symbol

. character position symbol

/ character position symbol

0 character position symbol

01 level-number

OCCURS clause

66 level item

66 level-number

OCCURS clause

77 level-number

OCCURS clause

78 level item

78 level-number

88 level item

88 level-number

OCCURS clause

9 character position symbol

A

A character position symbol

Abbreviated combined relation condition

syntax summary

ABS function

ACCEPT statement

screen item

ACCEPTREFRESH Compiler directive

Access mode

dynamic

indexed file

random

relative file

sequential

sequential file

ACCESS MODE clause, file control entry

ACOS function

Active state

ADD statement

multiple results

ADDRESS OF special register

ADVANCING phrase, WRITE statement

AFTER phrase, WRITE statement

AFTER POSITIONING phrase, WRITE statement

Algebraic sign

ALIGN Compiler directive

Alignment

decimal point

natural boundaries

rules

ALL figurative constant

ALL phrase, UNSTRING statement

ALL subscript

ALPHABET clause, Special-Names paragraph

Alphabetic data rules

ALPHABETIC test

Alphanumeric data rules

Alphanumeric edited data rules

Alphanumeric function

ALPHASTART Compiler directive

ALTER statement

Alternate record key

ALTERNATE RECORD KEY clause, file control entry

ANNUITY function

ANSI COBOL

File status

APOST Compiler directive

APPLY clause

Area A

Area B

Argument

Arithmetic expression

Compiler directive

Arithmetic operator

Arithmetic statement

multiple results

AS phrase, Repository paragraph

ASCENDING KEY clause

ASCENDING phrase

MERGE statement

SORT statement

ASCII character set

ASIN function

ASSIGN clause, file control entry

ASSIGN Compiler directive

Assumed decimal point symbol

Asterisk

AT END condition

OPEN statement

AT END phrase

READ statement

SEARCH statement

ATAN function

Attribute

Author paragraph

AUTO clause

AUTO-SKIP clause

AUTOLOCK Compiler directive

Automatic data item

Automatic file connector

Automatic record lock

B

B character position symbol

B run-time switch

B1 run-time switch

BACKGROUND-COLOR clause

BACKGROUND-COLOR option

BASIS mechanism

BASIS statement

BEEP clause

BEFORE phrase, WRITE statement

BELL clause

BINARY usage

Binary-coded decimal format

BLANK clause

Blank line

BLANK option

BLANK WHEN ZERO clause

Screen Section

BLINK clause

BLOCK CONTAINS clause

BYTE-MODE-MOVE Compiler directive

Byte-storage mode

C

CALL CONVENTION clause, Special-Names paragraph

Call prototype

CALL statement

CALLSORT Compiler directive

CANCEL statement

CASE Compiler directive

Category of data

CHAIN statement

CHAR function

CHAR-NATIONAL function

Character representation, selection

Character set

Character-string

CHARSET Compiler directive

CHECKDIV Compiler directive

Class

body

definition

definition syntax summary

extension

extension syntax summary

inheritance

object

parameterized

CLASS clause

Repository paragraph

Special-Names paragraph

Class condition

syntax summary

Class of data

Class-ID paragraph

Class-name

CLOSE statement

COBOL

concepts

fundamentals

introduction

language definition

object extensions

source format

syntax summary

word

COBOL system-directing sentence

COBOL system-directing statement

COBOL370 Compiler directive

CODE-SET clause

Collating sequence

COLLATING SEQUENCE clause

COLLATING SEQUENCE phrase

MERGE statement

SORT statement

COLUMN clause

Combined condition

syntax summary

Combined relation condition, abbreviated

COMMAND-LINE function-name

Comment, in-line

Comment line

Comment-entry

COMMIT statement

COMMON clause

Common program

Communication, run-unit

COMP usage

COMP-1 usage

COMP-2 usage

COMP-3 usage

COMP-4 usage

COMP-5 Compiler directive

COMP-5 usage

COMP-X usage

Compilation group

Compiler directive

ACCEPTREFRESH

ALIGN

ALPHASTART

APOST

ASSIGN

AUTOLOCK

BYTE-MODE-MOVE

CALLSORT

CASE

CHARSET

CHECKDIV

COBOL370

COMP-5

CONSTANT

COPYEXT

COPYLBR

COPYLIST

CURRENCY

DATE

DBCS

DBSPACE

DE-EDIT

DEFAULT-BYTE

DEFAULTCALLS

DYNAM

EVALUATE

FDCLEAR

FLAG

FLAGSTD

FOLD-CALL-NAME

FOLD-COPY-NAME

IBMCOMP

IF

INTLEVEL

LIBRARIAN

LITLINK

MAPNAME

MF-OO

MFCOMMENT

NATIVE

ODOOSVS

ODOSLIDE

OLDBLANKLINE

OLDCOPY

OOCTRL

OPTIONAL-FILE

OSVS

PANVALET

PERFORM-TYPE

PROGID-COMMENT

QUOTE

RDFPATH

REPOSITORY

RETRYLOCK

REWRITE-LS

SEQCHK

SEQUENTIAL

SOURCEFORMAT

STICKY-LINKAGE

SWITCH-TYPE

SYMBSTART

TRUNC

WARNING

WRITE-LOCK

XOPEN

ZEROLENGTHFALSE

Compiler-directing statement

Complex condition

Composite of operands

COMPUTATIONAL usage

see COMP usage

COMPUTATIONAL-1 usage

see COMP-1 usage

COMPUTATIONAL-2 usage

see COMP-2 usage

COMPUTATIONAL-3

see COMP-3 usage

COMPUTATIONAL-4 usage

see COMP-4 usage

COMPUTATIONAL-5 usage

see COMP-5 usage

COMPUTATIONAL-X usage

see COMP-X usage

COMPUTE statement

multiple results

Computer-name

Concatenation expression

Condition

evaluation rules

syntax summary

Condition-name

Condition-name condition

syntax summary

Condition-name rules

Conditional compilation

Conditional expression

constant

Conditional sentence

Conditional statement

Conditional variable

Configuration Section

Conformance

CONSTANT Compiler directive

Constant conditional expression

Constant-name

rules

Context-sensitive word

Continuation of line

CONTINUE statement

CONTROL clause

CONVERTING phrase, INSPECT statement

COPY statement

syntax summary

COPYEXT Compiler directive

COPYLBR Compiler directive

COPYLIST Compiler directive

CORRESPONDING phrase

MOVE statement

COS function

COUNTER IN phrase, UNSTRING statement

CR character position symbol

CRT STATUS clause, Special-Names paragraph

CRT status key

cs character position symbol

CURRENCY clause, Special-Names paragraph

CURRENCY Compiler directive

Currency sign

Currency symbol

CURRENT-DATE function

CURRENT-DATE special register

CURSOR clause, Special-Names paragraph

D

Data

category

class

computer-independent description

conversion

sharing

state

Data description entry

syntax summary

Data Division

data description entry

entry

Screen Section

syntax summary

Data entry, format

Data item

alignment

incompatible

signed receiving

DATA RECORDS clause

Data-name

Data-name clause

DATE Compiler directive

Date conversion function

Date-Compiled paragraph

DATE-OF-INTEGER function

DATE-TO-YYYYMMDD function

Date-Written paragraph

DAY-OF-INTEGER function

DAY-TO-YYYYDDD function

DB character position symbol

DB-EDIT Compiler directive

DBCS Compiler directive

DBSPACE Compiler directive

DEBUG-ITEM special register

Debugging

line

DEBUGGING MODE clause

Decimal point alignment

Decimal point symbol

Decimal scaling position symbol

DECIMAL-POINT clause, Special-Names paragraph

Declarative procedure

syntax summary

USE statement

Default record locking

DEFAULT-BYTE Compiler directive

DEFAULTCALLS Compiler directive

Defined condition

DELETE FILE statement

DELETE statement

BASIS mechanism

DELIMITED BY phrase

STRING statement

UNSTRING statement

Delimited scope statement

DELIMITER IN phrase, UNSTRING statement

DESCENDING KEY clause

DESCENDING phrase

MERGE statement

SORT statement

Directing sentence

see COBOL system-directing sentence

Directing statement

see COBOL system-directing statement

Directing verb

Directive

see Compiler directive

Disk file

DISP option, CLOSE statement

$DISPLAY statement

DISPLAY statement

screen item

DISPLAY usage

DISPLAY-OF function

DIVIDE statement

multiple results

Division by zero

Division header

Double-precision floating-point item

DOWN clause, SET statement

Duplicate record key

DUPLICATES phrase

file control entry

SORT statement

DYNAM Compiler directive

Dynamic access mode

indexed file

READ statement

relative file

REWRITE statement

WRITE statement

E

E character position symbol

E function

EBCDIC character set

Editing rules

Editing sign

Editing sign control symbol

EJECT statement

Element

Elementary item

parameter conformance

returning item conformance

size

symbols

$ELSE statement

EMPTY-CHECK clause

End marker

$END statement

End-of-file status

END-OF-PAGE phrase, WRITE statement

ENTER statement

ENTRY statement

Environment Division

syntax summary

ENVIRONMENT-NAME mnemonic-name

ENVIRONMENT-VALUE mnemonic-name

EOP phrase, WRITE statement

ERASE clause

ERROR declarative

EVALUATE Compiler directive

EVALUATE statement

Evaluation rules

arithmetic expression

condition

Event-pointer

EVENT-POINTER usage

EXAMINE statement

EXCEPTION declarative

Exclusive file lock

Exclusive open mode

EXEC statement

EXECUTE statement

EXHIBIT statement

EXIT FUNCTION statement

EXIT METHOD statement

EXIT PERFORM statement

EXIT PROGRAM statement

EXIT statement

EXP function

EXP10 function

EXPANDS phrase, Repository paragraph

Explicit attribute

Explicit Procedure Division reference

Explicit scope terminator

Explicit specification

Explicit transfer of control

Exponent

Exponent symbol

EXTEND phrase, OPEN statement

EXTERNAL clause

file description entry

Local-Storage Section

Thread-Local-Storage Section

External data item

External file connector

External floating-point data item

External program

EXTERNAL PROGRAM clause

External repository

External switch

F

F run-time switch

FACTORIAL function

Factory method

Factory object

life cycle

Factory paragraph

FD entry

FDCLEAR Compiler directive

Figurative constant

File

I/O

label

lock

locked

organization

sharing

File connector

sharing

File control entry

syntax summary

File description entry

syntax summary

File position indicator

OPEN statement

READ statement

START statement

File Section

File status, codes

FILE STATUS clause, file control entry

FILE STATUS data item

DELETE statement

OPEN statement

READ statement

START statement

WRITE statement

File-Control paragraph

File-name

FILLER clause

First logical record

Fixed data entry format

Fixed file attributes

Fixed format

Fixed insertion editing

Fixed-length record

Fixed-point numeric literal

FLAG Compiler directive

FLAGSTD Compiler directive

FLOAT-LONG usage

FLOAT-SHORT usage

Floating insertion editing

Floating-point item

Floating-point numeric literal

FOLD-CALL-NAME Compiler directive

FOLD-COPY-NAME Compiler directive

FOOTING phrase

FOREGROUND-COLOR clause

FOREGROUND-COLOR option

FRACTION-PART function

Free data entry format

Free format

FROM clause

FROM phrase

REWRITE statement

WRITE statement

FULL clause

Function

prototype

state

Function-ID paragraph

Function-identifier

syntax summary

Function-prototype-name

G

General format

General rules

GIVING phrase

ADD statement

CALL statement

DIVIDE statement

EXIT PROGRAM statement

MERGE statement

SORT statement

STOP statement

GLOBAL clause

file description entry

Local-Storage Section

Global name

GO TO MORE-LABELS statement

GO TO statement

GOBACK statement

GRID clause

Group item

parameter conformance

returning item conformance

Group screen item

H

HIGH-VALUE(S) figurative constant

Special-Names paragraph

HIGHLIGHT clause

I

I-O mode

I-O phrase, OPEN statement

I-O status

see also File status

I-O-Control paragraph

I/O

indexed

relative

sequential

IBMCOMP Compiler directive

Identification Division

syntax summary

Identifier

syntax summary

IF Compiler directive

$IF statement

IF statement

IGNORE LOCK phrase, READ statement

Imperative sentence

Imperative statement

Implementor-name

Implicit attribute

Implicit Procedure Division reference

Implicit scope terminator

Implicit specification

Implicit synchronization

Implicit transfer of control

In-line comment

In-line PERFORM

-INC statement

++INCLUDE statement

Incompatible data items

Index data item

comparisons

INDEX usage

Index-name

comparisons

INDEXED BY clause

Indexed file

access mode

CLOSE statement

file control entry

file description entry

I/O error handling

locking

logical positioning

OPEN statement

reading

rewriting

sharing

syntax summary

writing

Indexing

syntax summary

table elements

Indicator area

Inheritance

class

interface

INITIAL clause

Initial data item

Initial file connector

Initial program

Initial state

data

object data

INITIALIZE statement

INPUT mode

INPUT phrase, OPEN statement

Input-Output Section

Input/Output

see I/O

INSERT statement, BASIS mechanism

Insertion editing

INSPECT statement

Installation paragraph

INTEGER function

Integer function

INTEGER-OF-DATE function

INTEGER-OF-DAY function

INTEGER-PART function

Interface

inheritance

parameterized

INTERFACE clause, Repository paragraph

Interface-ID paragraph

Interface-name

Intermediate results

Internal data item

Internal file connector

INTLEVEL Compiler directive

INTO phrase

READ statement

RETURN statement

Intrinsic function

syntax summary

Intrinsic-function-name

INVALID KEY condition

READ statement

REWRITE statement

START statement

WRITE statement

INVALID KEY phrase

DELETE statement

READ statement

REWRITE statement

START statement

WRITE statement

INVOKE statement

J

Java, using with COBOL

JUSTIFIED clause

Screen Section

K

Key data item

KEY data-name

MERGE statement

KEY IS phrase

OCCURS clause

READ statement

START statement

Key of reference

Key word

L

LABEL declarative

LABEL RECORDS clause

Language

fundamentals

structure

Language extensions

Language-name

Last logical record

OPEN statement

START statement

Last-used state

data

LEFT-JUSTIFY option

LEFTLINE clause

LENGTH function

LENGTH OF special register

LENGTH-AN function

LENGTH-CHECK clause

Level

Level-number

CORRESPONDING phrase

REDEFINES clause

RENAMES clause

Level-number 01

OCCURS clause

Level-number 66

OCCURS clause

Level-number 77

OCCURS clause

Level-number 78

Level-number 88

OCCURS clause

LIBRARIAN Compiler directive

Life cycle

factory object

object

parameterized class

parameterized interface

LINAGE clause

LINAGE-COUNTER special register

LINE ADVANCING FILE phrase, file control entry

LINE clause

Line sequential file

CLOSE statement

file control entry

file description entry

I/O error handling

locking

OPEN statement

rewriting

sharing

syntax summary

writing

Linkage Section

Listing control statement

Listing file, used as source file

Literal

LITLINK Compiler directive

Local name

Local-Storage Section

Lock mode

LOCK MODE clause, file control entry

Locked file, OPEN statement

LOG function

LOG10 function

Logic error

Logical operator

LOW-VALUE(S) figurative constant

Special-Names paragraph

LOWER option

LOWER-CASE function

LOWLIGHT clause

M

Manual record lock

MAPNAME Compiler directive

Mass storage file

MAX function

MEAN function

MEDIAN function

MEMORY SIZE clause, Object-Computer paragraph

MERGE statement

Method

invoking

state

syntax summary

Method interface definition

syntax summary

Method-ID paragraph

Method-name

MF-OO Compiler directive

MFCOMMENT Compiler directive

MIDRANGE function

MIN function

Mnemonic-name

MOD function

Monitor-pointer

MONITOR-POINTER usage

MOVE CORRESPONDING statement

MOVE statement

MULTIPLE FILE clause, I-O-Control paragraph

Multiple record locks

MULTIPLE REEL phrase, file control entry

Multiple results

MULTIPLE UNIT phrase, file control entry

MULTIPLY statement

multiple results

Mutex-pointer

MUTEX-POINTER usage

N

N run-time switch

National function

NATIONAL-OF function

NATIVE Compiler directive

Negated simple condition

syntax summary

Next logical record

NEXT phrase

READ statement

VALUE clause

NEXT SENTENCE phrase

IF statement

SEARCH statement

NEXT SENTENCE statement

No operation statement

NO REWIND phrase, OPEN statement

NO-ECHO clause

Non-scrolling form

Non-serial search

Non-unique name

Noncontiguous data item

Nonnumeric literal

Nonnumeric operands, comparison

NOT ON OVERFLOW phrase

STRING statement

UNSTRING statement

NOT ON SIZE ERROR phrase

NOTE statement

NULL predefined object identifier

NULL(S) figurative constant

Numeric data

format

rules

Numeric edited data rules

Numeric function

Numeric literal

Numeric operands, comparison

NUMERIC SIGN clause, Special-Names paragraph

NUMERIC test

NUMVAL function

NUMVAL-C function

O

O run-time switch

Object

conformance

interface

life cycle

method

program

property

reference

state of data

Object COBOL

concepts

syntax summary

Object paragraph

OBJECT REFERENCE usage

Object relation condition, syntax summary

OBJECT usage, comparisons

Object-Computer paragraph

Object-Storage Section

Obsolete language elements

OCCURS clause

Screen Section

ODOOSVS Compiler directive

ODOSLIDE Compiler directive

OLDBLANKLINE Compiler directive

OLDCOPY Compiler directive

ON EXCEPTION phrase

ON OVERFLOW phrase

STRING statement

UNSTRING statement

ON SIZE ERROR phrase

ON statement

ON-counter

OOCTRL Compiler directive

OPEN statement

sharing mode

Operands

composite of

overlapping

Operational sign

Optional file

opening

reading

Optional heading

OPTIONAL phrase, file control entry

Optional word

OPTIONAL-FILE Compiler directive

ORD function

ORD-MAX function

ORD-MIN function

ORGANIZATION clause, file control entry

OS/VS COBOL

OSVS Compiler directive

Out-of-line PERFORM

OUTPUT phrase, OPEN statement

Overlapping operands

OVERLINE clause

P

P character position symbol

PACKED-DECIMAL usage

PADDING CHARACTER clause, file control entry

Page overflow condition

PANVALET Compiler directive

Paragraph

Paragraph header

Paragraph-name

Parameter, conformance

Parameterized class

life cycle

Parameterized interface

life cycle

Parentheses

conditional expressions

PASSWORD clause, file control entry

PERFORM statement

PERFORM-TYPE Compiler directive

Permanent error

PI function

PIC clause

see PICTURE clause

PICTURE character precedence

PICTURE character-string

PICTURE clause

Linkage Section

Screen Section

Pointer condition, syntax summary

Pointer data item, comparisons

POINTER phrase

STRING statement

UNSTRING statement

POINTER usage

comparisons

Polymorphism

Precedence

character-string rules

logical operators

Predecessor record

Predefined object identifier

Predefined object reference

PRESENT-VALUE function

Previous logical record

PREVIOUS phrase, READ statement

Prime record key

Procedure Division

COBOL verbs

intrinsic functions

reference

syntax summary

PROCEDURE DIVISION header

syntax summary

Procedure-pointer condition, syntax summary

Procedure-pointer data item

comparisons

PROCEDURE-POINTER usage

comparisons

PROGID-COMMENT Compiler directive

Program

communication

state

PROGRAM COLLATING SEQUENCE clause

Program-ID paragraph

Program-name

PROMPT clause

PROMPT option

PROPERTY clause

Repository paragraph

Pseudo-text

Q

Qualification

syntax summary

QUOTE Compiler directive

QUOTE(S) figurative constant

Quotient

R

Radix selection

Random access mode

indexed file

READ statement

relative file

REWRITE statement

WRITE statement

RANDOM function

RANGE function

RDFPATH Compiler directive

READ statement

Record

deleting

fixed-length

key

variable-length

RECORD clause

RECORD DELIMITER clause, file control entry

Record description

Linkage Section

RECORD KEY clause

file control entry

Record lock

CLOSE statement

OPEN statement

releasing

Record sequential file

CLOSE statement

file control entry

file description entry

I/O error handling

locking

OPEN statement

reading

rewriting

sharing

syntax summary

writing

Record-name

RECORDING MODE clause

Recursive program

REDEFINES clause

Reel

REEL phrase, CLOSE statement

Reference format

Reference modification

syntax summary

Reference points, table handling

Reference-modifier

Relation condition

abbreviated combined

syntax summary

Relational character

Relational operator

Relative file

access mode

CLOSE statement

file control entry

file description entry

I/O error handling

locking

logical positioning

OPEN statement

reading

rewriting

sharing

syntax summary

writing

Relative key

RELATIVE KEY data item

RELEASE statement

REM function

REMAINDER phrase, DIVIDE statement

RENAMES clause

REPLACE statement

syntax summary

REPLACING phrase

EXAMINE statement

INITIALIZE statement

INSPECT statement

Report description entry, syntax summary

Report file, syntax summary

Report group description entry, syntax summary

Report Section

Report-name

REPOSITORY Compiler directive

Repository paragraph

REQUIRED clause

RERUN clause, I-O-Control paragraph

RESERVE clause, file control entry

Reserved word

Resultant-identifier

RETRYLOCK Compiler directive

RETURN statement

RETURN-CODE special register

Returning item, conformance

RETURNING phrase

EXIT PROGRAM statement

STOP statement

REVERSE function

REVERSE-VIDEO clause

REVERSED phrase, OPEN statement

REWRITE statement

REWRITE-LS Compiler directive

RIGHT-JUSTIFY option

ROLLBACK clause, file control entry

ROLLBACK statement

ROUNDED phrase

Rules

alphabetic data

alphanumeric data

alphanumeric edited data

arithmetic expression

condition-names

constant-names

editing

numeric data

numeric edited data

precedence

standard alignment

Run unit communication

Run-time element

Run-time module

Run-time switch

B

B1

F

N

O

T

Run-time system

error message

S

S character position symbol

SAME AREA clause, I-O-Control paragraph

Scope of name

Scope terminator

Screen description entry

syntax summary

Screen handling

Screen item

Screen Section

SD entry

SEARCH statement

Section

Section header

Section-name

SECURE clause

Security paragraph

SEGMENT-LIMIT clause, Object-Computer paragraph

Segmentation, MERGE statement

SELECT clause, file control entry

Selection object

Selection subject

SELF predefined object identifier

SELFCLASS predefined object identifier

Semaphore-pointer

SEMAPHORE-POINTER usage

Sentence

Separator

SEQCHK Compiler directive

Sequence number

Sequential access mode

indexed file

READ statement

relative file

Rewrite statement

sequential file

WRITE statement

SEQUENTIAL Compiler directive

Sequential file

access mode

I/O error handling

reading

rewriting

writing

Serial search

SERVICE statement

SET statement

Shareable open mode

Shared file, opening

SHARING clause, file control entry

Sharing mode

SHARING phrase, OPEN statement

SHIFT-IN special register

SHIFT-OUT special register

Sign

representation

symbol

SIGN clause

Screen Section

Sign condition

syntax summary

Sign digit

representation

SIGN function

Signature

Signed receiving item

Significand

Simple condition

negated

Simple insertion editing

SIN function

Single record lock

Single-precision floating-point item

SIZE clause

Size error condition

SIZE option

SIZE phrase, STRING statement

SKIP1 statement

SKIP2 statement

SKIP3 statement

Sort file

SORT statement

SORT STATUS clause, file control entry

SORT-CONTROL special register

SORT-CORE-SIZE special register

SORT-FILE-SIZE special register

Sort-Merge file

file control entry

syntax summary

Sort-Merge file description entry

SORT-MODE-SIZE special register

SORT-RETURN special register

Source

element

format

Source code, listing control statement

Source text manipulation

Source-Computer paragraph

SOURCEFORMAT Compiler directive

Space position symbol

SPACE(S) figurative constant

SPACE-FILL option

Special character word

Special insertion editing

Special register

ADDRESS OF

LENGTH OF

LINAGE-COUNTER

RETURN-CODE

SORT-RETURN

TALLY

Special-Names paragraph

Specification, explicit and implicit

Split key

SQRT function

Standard alignment rules

STANDARD-DEVIATION function

START statement

State

Statement

syntax summary

Static data item

Static file connector

Status codes

see I-O status

Status key, combinations

Status key 1

Status key 2

STICKY-LINKAGE Compiler directive

STOP statement

STRING statement

Subscript

syntax summary

SUBTRACT statement

multiple results

Successor record

SUM function

SUPER predefined object identifier

SUPPRESS phrase, file control entry

Suppression editing

Switch

external

SWITCH clause

Switch-status condition

syntax summary

SWITCH-TYPE, Compiler directive

Symbol, character position

SYMBOLIC CHARACTERS clause, Special-Names paragraph

SYMBSTART Compiler directive

SYNC clause

see SYNCHRONIZED clause

Synchronization

OPEN statement

SYNCHRONIZED clause

Syntax rules

Syntax summary

System-name

T

T run-time switch

Table

area

reference points

searching

Table sorting

TALLY special register

TALLYING option

EXAMINE statement

INSPECT statement

TALLYING phrase, UNSTRING statement

TAN function

Terminator key

TEST AFTER phrase, PERFORM statement

TEST BEFORE phrase, PERFORM statement

Thread

initiating

suspending

THREAD-LOCAL clause

Thread-Local-Storage Section

THREAD-POINTER usage

Three-dimensional table

TIME-OF-DAY special register

TIMES phrase, PERFORM statement

TITLE statement

TO clause

TRAILING-SIGN option

Transfer of control

TRANSFORM statement

Trigonometric function

TRUNC Compiler directive

Truncation

Two-dimensional table

Type definition

TYPEDEF clause

Typedef-name

U

UNDERLINE clause

Uniqueness of reference

Unit

UNIT phrase, CLOSE statement

UNLOCK statement

UNSTRING statement

UP clause, SET statement

UPDATE option

UPPER option

UPPER-CASE function

USAGE clause

Linkage Section

Screen Section

USE statement

User-defined word

USING clause

USING phrase

ENTRY statement

MERGE statement

Repository paragraph

SORT statement

V

V character position symbol

VALUE clause

Local-Storage Section

Screen Section

Thread-Local-Storage Section

VALUE OF clause

Value returned by function

Variable, conditional

Variable-length record

VARIANCE function

VARYING phrase, PERFORM statement

VS COBOL II

W

WAIT phrase, READ statement

WAIT statement

WARNING Compiler directive

WHEN phrase

EVALUATE statement

SEARCH statement

WHEN-COMPILED function

WHEN-COMPILED special register

WITH DEBUGGING MODE clause

WITH KEPT LOCK phrase, READ statement

WITH LOCK clause, file control entry

WITH LOCK phrase

OPEN statement

READ statement

WITH NO LOCK phrase, READ statement

WITH NO REWIND phrase, CLOSE statement

WITH phrase options

WITH SIZE phrase, START statement

Word-storage mode

Working-Storage Section

WRITE statement

WRITE-LOCK Compiler directive

X

X character position symbol

X/Open extensions

XOPEN Compiler directive

Y

YEAR-TO-YYYY function

Z

Z character position symbol

Zero, division by

Zero suppression editing

ZERO(ES) figurative constant

ZERO-FILL clause

ZERO-FILL option

ZEROLENGTHFALSE Compiler directive