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Each item of data that your program is going to use must be described and named — thus setting aside data storage space in Central Memory; this is done in one of the sections of the Data Division (e.g. the Working-Storage Section).
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Royce, T. (1991). The Data Division. In: COBOL. Palgrave, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-12238-7_9
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