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COBOL Identification Division


Only "IDENTIFICATION DIVISION.", "PROGRAM-ID." and the program name are obligatory in the Identification Division. The operating system recognises the program by the name given here. Each program within an installation must have a unique name.

The author can include his or her name, the installation for which he or she is working, and the date the program was written. The date-compiled comment is overwritten by the compiler with the date of compilation, so that you can see which source listing is which. The security entry is only a comment and does not affect the running of the program.

The full list of possible entries is:

IDENTIFICATION DIVISION.
PROGRAM-ID. program_name.
AUTHOR. comment.
INSTALLATION. comment.
DATE-WRITTEN. comment.
DATE-COMPILED. comment.
SECURITY. comment.
REMARKS. comment.

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Seq.No-ABIdent
  IDENTIFICATION DIVISION. 
  PROGRAM-ID. program_name. 
  AUTHOR. comment. 
  INSTALLATION. comment. 
  DATE-WRITTEN. comment. 
  DATE-COMPILED. comment. 
  SECURITY. comment. 
  REMARKS. comment.