Rational Developer for System z
Enterprise COBOL for z/OS, Version 4.1, Programming Guide


Comparison of commonly used terms

To better understand the terms used throughout the IBM z/OS Language Environment and IBM Enterprise COBOL for z/OS publications and what terms are meant to be equivalent, see the following table.

Language Environment term Enterprise COBOL equivalent
Aggregate Group item
Array A table created using the OCCURS clause
Array element Table element
Enclave Run unit
External data WORKING-STORAGE data defined with EXTERNAL clause
Local data Any non-EXTERNAL data item
Pass parameters directly, by value BY VALUE
Pass parameters indirectly, by reference BY REFERENCE
Pass parameters indirectly, by value BY CONTENT
Routine Program
Scalar Elementary item

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