USER's DEFINED WORD
- The words supplied by the programmers to study the format of the instructions are named as user's defined word. The following are the different catagories of names.
- DATA NAMES: The name given to the storage location where the actual data is residing. Rules to construct are the same as of word but at least one alphabetic character must exist.
- CONDITION-NAME: Exactly the same as of data name but only use for condition purposes.
- PROCEDURE/PRAGRAPH NAME: The formation is exactly as of a word need not the assential presence of alphabetic character.
- PROGRAM NAME: The purpose is to name the program to the Compiler. Designing rules are same as of the users defined word.
- RECORD NAME: This indicates the record name of a file. The formation is as of date name.
- FILE NAME: This name is a logical name of a data file where the physical data is residing. Its rules of making as of a word but 1st character must be alphabetic.
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