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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.
Setting up the Screen Section. When the programmer needs to set up screens in a COBOL program, a new section in the DATA DIVISION called the SCREEN SECTION is used to describe the screen.. The SCREEN SECTION has different rules from the rest of the DATA DIVISION - rules designed for laying out screens. The screen has a layout that is 80 characters wide and 20 to 25 lines deep.