English
[edit]Noun
[edit]input-output section (plural input-output sections)
- (computing) The part of the environment division of a COBOL program that specifies the symbolic names of external files accessed by the program
Usage notes
[edit]- Capitalizes (as INPUT-OUTPUT SECTION) in the COBOL source code.
- In an IBM mainframe environment, this specifies the ddnames to be used in the appropriate JCL.