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    The following table lists the SCA symbol classes and their
    corresponding meanings in COBOL.

    SCA Symbol Classes and Equivalent COBOL Language Terminology

    SCA Term       COBOL Term     Explanation

    Argument       Program
                   argument

    Component,     Group item
    Field

    Constant,                     A character string whose value is
    Literal                       specified by the ordered set of
                                  characters it contains, or a reserve
                                  word that is a figurative constant;
                                  for example, "1.234E7", ZERO

    Exception      N/A

    File           File           A file used during the compilation

    Function,      Program        A program
    Procedure,
    Program,
    Routine,
    Subroutine

    Generic        N/A

    Keyword        Keyword        A PDF keyword

    Label          Paragraph-
                   name or
                   section-name

    Macro          N/A

    Module,        N/A
    Package

    Placeholder    Placeholder    An LSE placeholder

    Psect          PSECT

    Tag            Tag            A PDF tag

    Task           N/A

    Type           Datatype

    Unbound                       Symbols in conditional compilation
                                  lines

    Variable       Data item

    The following table lists the SCA occurrence classes and their
    corresponding meanings in COBOL.

    SCA Occurrence Classes and Equivalent COBOL Language Terminology

    SCA Term       COBOL Term     Explanation

    Primary        Declaration    Data declarations, program ids

    Associated                    Implicit declarations of called
                                  programs the first time they are
                                  seen

    Declaration    Declaration    Both primary and associated
                                  declarations

    Read, Fetch    FETCH

    Write, Store   STORE

    Address,       N/A
    Pointer

    Call           CALL

    Command_line                  A file specified on the command
                                  line, for example, COBOL foo.cob

    Include        COPY

    Precompiled    N/A

    Reference      Reference      Any nondeclaration

    Explicit                      A variable declared by the user

    Implicit                      A variable automatically defined by
                                  the compiler

    Visible                       Not hidden

    Hidden                        Hidden occurrences may be due to
                                  default conditions (for example,
                                  PIC 9(4) is given the DISPLAY TYPE)
                                  or within complex statement (for
                                  example, COMPUTE and hidden write
                                  references).

    Compilation_   SCP
    unit           separately
                   compiled unit

    The following table lists the SCA domain classes and their
    corresponding meanings in COBOL.

    SCA Domain Classes and Equivalent COBOL Language Terminology

    SCA Term       COBOL Term     Explanation

    Inheritable    N/A

    Global         EXTERNAL

    Predefined     PREDEFINED     For example, special registers

    Multi_module                  Global and predefined

    Module_                       Not multi-module
    specific