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picture The principal means of defining data types in Cobol. The syntax of an elementary data item is defined by means of a character string. Simple examples are “A(20)” defining a string of 20 alphabetic characters, or “9(4)” defining a string of 4 digits. Particularly in the case of numeric items that are to be printed or displayed, the PICTURE clause provides considerable power: it is possible, for instance, to specify the position of the decimal point (explicit or implicit); the presence and position of the sign (+ or –) or of currency symbols; filling out digit strings with zeros or blanks (leading, embedded, or trailing); insertion of commas into long numbers. The MOVE verb, which is used to assign the value of one variable to another, automatically carries out format conversion according to the picture of the receiving item.
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JOHN DAINTITH. "picture." A Dictionary of Computing. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. 28 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. JOHN DAINTITH. "picture." A Dictionary of Computing. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. (May 28, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O11-picture.html JOHN DAINTITH. "picture." A Dictionary of Computing. 2004. Retrieved May 28, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O11-picture.html |
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picture †pictorial representation XV; individual painting or drawing XV; visual impression, mental image; graphic description XVI. — L. pictūra painting, f. pict-, pp. stem of pingere PAINT, embroider.
Hence vb. XV. So picturesque XVIII. — (with assim. to prec., to express ‘in the style of a picture’) F. pittoresque — It. pittoresco ‘in the style of a painter’, f. pittore :- L. pictor, -tōr- painter, f. pict-. |
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T. F. HOAD. "picture." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. 28 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. T. F. HOAD. "picture." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. (May 28, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-picture.html T. F. HOAD. "picture." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Retrieved May 28, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-picture.html |
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picture the big picture the situation as a whole.
every picture tells a story proverbial saying, early 20th century; in Jane Eyre (1847), Charlotte Brontë had written for the child Jane, ‘The letter-press…I cared little for…Each picture told a story’. one picture is worth ten thousand words proverbial saying, early 20th century (there is no basis for an ascription of Chinese origin which is sometimes made). |
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ELIZABETH KNOWLES. "picture." The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 2006. Encyclopedia.com. 28 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. ELIZABETH KNOWLES. "picture." The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 2006. Encyclopedia.com. (May 28, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O214-picture.html ELIZABETH KNOWLES. "picture." The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 2006. Retrieved May 28, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O214-picture.html |
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picture •catcher, dacha, focaccia, patcher, scratcher, snatcher, stature, thatcher
•facture, fracture, manufacture
•capture, enrapture, rapture
•flycatcher • oystercatcher
•archer, departure, kwacha, marcher, starcher, viscacha
•pasture
•etcher, fetcher, fletcher, lecher, sketcher, stretcher
•conjecture, lecture
•sepulture
•denture, misadventure, peradventure
•divesture, gesture, vesture
•texture • architecture • nature
•magistrature
•bleacher, creature, feature, headteacher, Katowice, Nietzsche, preacher, screecher, teacher
•schoolteacher
•ditcher, hitcher, pitcher, stitcher, twitcher
•Chibcha
•picture, stricture
•filcher • simcha
•cincture, tincture
•scripture
•admixture, commixture, fixture, intermixture, mixture
•expenditure • forfeiture
•discomfiture • garniture
•primogeniture, progeniture
•miniature • furniture • temperature
•portraiture • literature
•divestiture, vestiture
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"picture." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. 28 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "picture." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. (May 28, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-picture.html "picture." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Retrieved May 28, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-picture.html |
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