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EDITING CHARACTER [1 record]

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Record 1 2012-08-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Information Processing (Informatics)
  • Programming Languages
DEF

In COBOL, a single character or a fixed two-character combination used to create proper formats for output reports.

OBS

editing character: term standardized by the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) and ISO.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Traitement de l'information (Informatique)
  • Langages de programmation
DEF

Un seul caractère ou une combinaison fixe de deux caractères appartenant au jeu suivant: espace, zéro, plus, moins, crédit, débit, suppression de zéros, caractères de protection, caractère monétaire, virgule (marque décimale), point (marque décimale), barre oblique.

Spanish

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