The number of the asterisks corresponds to the number of characters in the field. A calculated data field is a field that holds a value that comes from a calculation instead of coming directly from a database. Case Sensitive Case sensitive means that a program differentiates between uppercase and lowercase letters when reading a routine. A Child segment is each subsequent segment of the Parent. A column is the display of data from a single field or formula.
Columns run up and down the page.
Comment Comments are blocks of text used to describe a routine or to identify the programmer and date the program was written. Concatenate Concatenate means to connect or join two or more fields or text strings together to form new field. For example, in HRS you may wish to concatenate a person's first and last name together into one field. CPU CPU stands for central processing unit which is the brains of any computer system. The second file when two files are JOINed together.