Configuration Section:
This section holds an overall specification of the computer used for the purpose of the compilation and execution of the program. There are in all 3 paragraphs in this section, namely, the source-computer, object-computer and the special names.
1) SOURCE-COMPUTER:
This paragraph identifies the name of the computer used to compile the COBOL program. Below is the form of this paragraph.
SOURCE-COMPUTER. computer-name.
For illustration, if ICL 1901 is to be used for compiling the COBOL source program, this paragraph must be as shown:
SOURCE-COMPUTER. ICL-1901
2) OBJECT-COMPUTER:
The Object-Computer paragraph explains the computer on which the program is to be executed. Below is the syntax for this paragraph.
OBJECT-COMPUTER. computer-name
CHARACTERS
[, MEMORY SIZE interger-1]
WORDS
[, PROGRAM COLLATING SEQUENCE IS alphabet-name]
[, SEGMENT-LIMIT IS interger-2].