DETAB

DETAB

[′dē‚tab]

(computer science)

A programming language based on COBOL in which problems can be specified in the form of decision tables. Acronym for decision table.

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DETAB

DEcision TABle.

A decision table COBOL preprocessor written by A. Chapman in 1964.

Versions: DETAB 65, DETAB X.

[Sammet 1969, p. 315].

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