configuration section

English

Noun

configuration section (plural configuration sections)

  1. (computing) The part of the environment division of a COBOL program that specifies the computer that the compiled code is to run on, and hence the instruction set that the compiler should use.

Usage notes
  • Capitalizes (as CONFIGURATION SECTION) in the COBOL source code.
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