Glossary

FORTRAN-SO

Program Unit - Another name for a main program or a subprogram. Every program unit must be terminated by an END statement.

Record - A sequence of values or characters.

Statement - A sequence of syntactic items: statement label, keyword, arguments, ex- pressions, etc. A statement has an 'initial' line and up to nine 'continuation' lines.

Statement Label- A 1-5 digit integer in columns 1-5 of a statement's initial line. Can be given a symbolic name by the ASSIGN statement.

Subprogram - A tJlock of code having a FUNCTION, SUBROUTINE, or BLOCK DA T A statement as its first statement and the END statement as its last statement.

Subroutine - A group of statements for performing a frequently-used operation. The SUBROUTINE statement mllst be the first statement; the END statement must be the last.

Unit - A logical way of referring to a file. Once connected, it is the same as a file.

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