1. 在COBOL語言中，一個或多個語句的序列，最后以尾隨一個空格的句號結束。
   In COBOL, a sequence of one or more statements, the last ending with a period followed by a space.
2. 在編目或流內過程中使用的一種作業(yè)控制語句，可用來對包含在過程中的符號參數(shù)賦予系統(tǒng)設定值。對流內過程，用來標志過程的開始。
   A job control statement used in cataloged or in-stream procedures. It can be used to assign default values for symbolic parameters contained in a procedure. For in-stream procedures, it is used to mark the beginning of the procedure.
3. 由用戶定義讓計算機去完成的一種工作單位。習慣上說，“作業(yè)”這個術語通常指的是作業(yè)的一種表述，這種表述可以包括一組計算機程序、一組文卷及一些給操作系統(tǒng)下達命令的控制語句。
   A unit of work that is defined by a user and that is to be accomplished by a computer. Loosely, the term "job" is sometimes used to refer to a representation of a job. This representation may include a set of computer programs, files, and control statements to the operating system.
4. 語法規(guī)則隱含在一種語言中的規(guī)則體系，被看作在該語言中生成所有可能的語句的機制
   The system of rules implicit in a language, viewed as a mechanism for generating all sentences possible in that language.

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