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DATA DIVISION. Overview. The third division in a COBOL (sub)program is the DATA DIVISION, in which the data used by the (sub)program is declared/described. The DATA DIVISION of a subprogram contains three sections --FILE, WORKING-STORAGE, and LINKAGE-- while that of a (main) program contains only the first two.
COBOL has an English-like syntax, which was designed to be self-documenting and highly readable. However, it is verbose and uses over 300 reserved words. In contrast with modern, succinct syntax like y = x; , COBOL has a more English-like syntax (in this case, MOVE x TO y).COBOL code is split into four divisions (identification, environment, data and procedure) containing a rigid hierarchy of sections, paragraphs and sentences.OBOL has an English-like syntax, which was designed to be self-documenting and highly readable. However, it is verbose and uses over 300 reserved words. In contrast with modern, succinct syntax like y = x; , COBOL has a more English-like syntax (in this case, MOVE x TO y).