1 You should also know that the conjugate base of a Bronsted acid is the species formed when a proton is lost from that acid (e.g., hydroxide ion is the conjugate base of water; water is the conjugate base of the hydronium ion).
Mainframe_Dinosaur Profile Answers by Mainframe_Dinosaur. Mainframe programmers wouldn't normally write a Cobol program just to count the number of records in a file. We would count the number of records using DFSort or SyncSort, or use AMS(Idcams repro). Both SORT and REPRO would be executed in a JCL stream. Much faster than writing a Cobol program.
Four Divisions of COBOL. Cobol programs are all organized into 4 divisions. Each division can then be further divided into sections each of which can contain paragraphs. The Identification division of a COBOL program identifies the name of the program and other pertinent information such as the Author, location of installation and so on.