Reserved Words
Reserved words are the type predefined words in COBOL, Different types of reserved words that we use as constantly-
- Keywords like Acceptable ADD, ACCEPT, MOVE, etc.
- Special characters commonly words as +, -, *, <, <=, etc
- Figurative constants are commonly unique values like ZERO, SPACES, etc.
COBOL Words
COBOL Words are characters like string that can be reserved words or user-defined words. The length can be up to 30 characters. COBOL words must be as from a set of letters, digits, the hyphen, and the underscore.