ANSI INCITS 23 : 1985

SECTION I: INTRODUCTORY INFORMATION
              Chapter 1: Introduction to the Standard
              Chapter 2: Summary of Elements by Module
              Chapter 3: Summary of Elements by COBOL Division
SECTION II: CONCEPTS
SECTION III: GLOSSARY
SECTION IV: OVERALL LANGUAGE CONSIDERATION
              Chapter 1: Introduction
              Chapter 2: Notation Used in formats
              Chapter 3: Rules
              Chapter 4: Language Concepts
              Chapter 5: A COBOL Source Program
              Chapter 6: Divisions
              Chapter 7: Reference Format
              Chapter 8: COBOL Reserved Words
SECTION V: COMPOSITE LANGUAGE SKELETON
SECTION VI: NUCLEUS MODULE
              Chapter 1: Introduction to the Nucleus Module
              Chapter 2: A COBOL Source Program
              Chapter 3: Identification Division in the Nucleus Module
              Chapter 4: Environment Division in the Nucleus Module
              Chapter 5: Data Division in the Nucleus Module
              Chapter 6: Procedure Division in the Nucleus Module
              Chapter 7: Debugging in the Nucleus Module
SECTION VII: SEQUENTIAL I-O MODULE
              Chapter 1: Introduction to the Sequential I-O Module
              Chapter 2: Environment Division in the Sequential I-O
                         Module
              Chapter 3: Data Division in the Sequential I-O Module
              Chapter 4: Procedure Division in the Sequential I-O
                         Module
SECTION VIII: RELATIVE I-O MODULE
              Chapter 1: Introduction to the Relative I-O Module
              Chapter 2: Environment Division in the Relative I-O
                         Module
              Chapter 3: Data Division in the Relative I-O Module
              Chapter 4: Procedure Division in the Relative I-O
                         Module
SECTION IX: INDEXED I-O MODULE
              Chapter 1: Introduction to the Indexed I-O Module
              Chapter 2: Environment Division in the Indexed I-O
                         Module
              Chapter 3: Data Division in the Indexed I-O Module
              Chapter 4: Procedure Division in the Indexed I-O Module
SECTION X: INTER-PROGRAM COMMUNICATION MODULE
              Chapter 1: Introduction to the Inter-Program
                         Communication Module
              Chapter 2: Nested Source Programs
              Chapter 3: Identification Division in the Inter-Program
                         Communication Module
              Chapter 4: Data Division in the Inter-Program
                         Communication Module
              Chapter 5: Procedure Division in the Inter-Program
                         Communication Module
SECTION XI: SORT-MERGE MODULE
              Chapter 1: Introduction to the Sort-Merge Module
              Chapter 2: Environment Division in the Sort-Merge Module
              Chapter 3: Data Division in the Sort-Merge Module
              Chapter 4: Procedure Division in the Sort-Merge Module
SECTION XII: SOURCE TEXT MANIPULATION MODULE
              Chapter 1: Introduction to the Source Text Manipulation
                         Module
              Chapter 2: The COPY Statement
              Chapter 3: The REPLACE Statement
SECTION XIII: REPORT WRITER MODULE
              Chapter 1: Introduction to the Report Writer Module
              Chapter 2: Environment Division in the Report Writer
                         Module
              Chapter 3: Data Division in the Report Writer Module
              Chapter 4: Procedure Division in the Report Writer
                         Module
SECTION XIV: COMMUNICATION MODULE
              Chapter 1: Introduction to the Communication Module
              Chapter 2: Data Division in the Communication Module
              Chapter 3: Procedure Division in the Communication
                         Module
SECTION XV: DEBUG MODULE
              Chapter 1: Introduction to the Debug Module
              Chapter 2: Environment Division in the Debug Module
              Chapter 3: Procedure Division in the Debug Module
SECTION XVI: SEGMENTATION MODULE
              Chapter 1: Introduction to the Segmentation Module
              Chapter 2: Environment Division in the Segmentation
                         Module
              Chapter 3: Procedure Division in the Segmentation
                         Module
SECTION XVII: APPENDICES
              APPENDIX A: THE HISTORY OF COBOL
              APPENDIX B: DIFFERENCES BETWEEN SECOND AND THIRD
                          STANDARD COBOL
              APPENDIX C: LANGUAGE ELEMENT LISTS
INDEX

Covers form and interpretation of programs expressed in COBOL. Promotes high degree of machine independence in such programs in order to permit their use on a variety of automatic data processing systems.