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What is Cobol?
COBOL
(COmmon Business Oriented Language) A high-level business programming language that has been the primary business application language on mainframes and minis. It is a compiled language and was one of the first high-level languages developed. Formally adopted in 1960, it stemmed from a language called Flowmatic in the mid 1950s.

COBOL requires more writing than other languages, but winds up more readable as a result. For example, multiply hourly-rate by hours-worked giving gross-pay is self-explanatory. COBOL is structured into the following divisions:

Division name Contains IDENTIFICATION Program identification. ENVIRONMENT Types of computers used. DATA Buffers, constants and work areas. PROCEDURE The processing (program logic).

The following COBOL example converts a Fahrenheit number to Celsius. To keep the example simple, it performs the operation on the operator's terminal rather than a user terminal.

IDENTIFICATION DIVISION.
PROGRAM-ID. EXAMPLE.

ENVIRONMENT DIVISION.
CONFIGURATION SECTION.
SOURCE-COMPUTER. IBM-370.
OBJECT-COMPUTER. IBM-370.

DATA DIVISION.
WORKING-STORAGE SECTION.
77 FAHR PICTURE 999.
77 CENT PICTURE 999.

PROCEDURE DIVISION.
DISPLAY 'Enter Fahrenheit ' UPON CONSOLE.
ACCEPT FAHR FROM CONSOLE.
COMPUTE CENT = (FAHR- 32) * 5 / 9.
DISPLAY 'Celsius is ' CENT UPON CONSOLE.
GOBACK.






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http://www.infogoal.com/cbd/cbdhome.htm
http://www.flexus.com/
http://www.y2ktimebomb.com/Economy/Predictions/cobol.htm
http://www.cobol.com/
http://www.coboljobs.com/
http://home.swbell.net/mck9/cobol/cobol.html
http://www.objectz.com/cobolreport/
http://www.ils-international.com/goldmine/posting/articles.htm
http://www.free-ed.net/fr03/fr030208.htm
http://www.scsite.com/cobol/
http://www.objectz.com/cobolworld/cw_shelby.htm
http://www.sunworld.com/swol-04-1998/swol-04-cobolconversion.html
http://www.flexus.com/compilers.html
http://www.developer.com/directories/pages/dir.cobol.tls.wde.html


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