COBOL

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Dive into a comprehensive 90-minute tutorial on one of the simplest yet powerful programming languages. Learn the fundamentals of coding, starting with an introduction to divisions, accept, and display commands. Progress through identification and environment divisions, simple variables, arithmetic operations, and control structures like IF statements and loops. Explore advanced concepts such as sign and decimal handling, zero suppression, arrays, records, nested records, condition names, and calling programs using linkage. Gain a solid foundation in this language, ideal for beginners entering the software world, and develop the skills to create robust programs.

Syllabus

COBOL 1 Introduction Divisions Accept Display.
COBOL 2 Identification and Environment Divisions.
COBOL 3 Simple variables.
COBOL 4 Arithmetic Operations.
COBOL 5 Move and IF.
COBOL 6 Sign and Decimals.
COBOL 7 Zero suppression.
COBOL 8 Perform and Loops.
COBOL 9 Perform Thru and Until.
COBOL 10 Arrays and Records.
COBOL 11 Nested Records.
COBOL 12 Condition Names.
COBOL 13 Call Programs using Linkage.

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it was great experience to write this exam.as it had given information COBOL is a programming language that is mainly focused on solving a business problem. Full form of COBOL is Common Business-Oriented Language. It is primarily used in company and…

it was great experience to write this exam.as it had given information COBOL is a programming language that is mainly focused on solving a business problem. Full form of COBOL is Common Business-Oriented Language. It is primarily used in company and government business, finance, and administrative systems. This language also used as a solution to many data processing problems.

It is developed by CODASYL (Conference on Data Systems Languages). It is used as a language in the Mainframe System.
Here, are some most important features of the COBOL programming language:

Allows you to handle a considerable volume of data due to its advanced file managing capability.
Logical structure in COBOL is easier to read and modify.
It can be executed and compiled on machines like IBM, personal computers, etc.
Testing and debugging tools are always accessible on all platforms of the computer. Therefore, it is a robust programming language.
You can easily debug in COBOL as it has different divisions.
COBOL was designed for business-oriented applications. It can handle large volumes of data due to its advanced file handling capabilities.

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