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The fourth division in a COBOL (sub)program is the PROCEDURE DIVISION, which contains the executable code. It is comprised of one or more paragraphs, each of which is identified by a programmer-supplied name. The rules governing whether a paragraph name is valid are the same as those governing data names.
History. COBOL (Common Business Oriented Language) was one of the earliest high-level programming languages. It was developed in 1959 by a group of computer professionals called the Conference on Data Systems Languages (CODASYL). Since 1959 it has undergone several modifications and improvements.he language continues to evolve today. Object-oriented COBOL is a subset of COBOL 97, which is the fourth edition in the continuing evolution of ANSI/ISO standard COBOL. COBOL 97 includes conventional improvements as well as object-oriented features.