Ch 6. ENVIRONMENT DIVISION [ HP COBOL II/XL Reference Manual ] MPE/iX 5.0 Documentation
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Chapter 6 ENVIRONMENT DIVISION
The ENVIRONMENT DIVISION allows you to define those aspects of a data
processing application that depend on the physical characteristics of the
processing environment. The ENVIRONMENT DIVISION is optional. It
always follows the IDENTIFICATION DIVISION.
This division consists of two sections:
* CONFIGURATION SECTION, for specifying the hardware characteristics
of the system on which you will compile and run your program.
* INPUT-OUTPUT SECTION, for specifying the data files used by your
program, and various input-output control elements.
Each of these sections may contain several paragraphs.
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