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from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- (Computers) A programming language used to specify the manner, timing, and other requirements of execution of a task or set of tasks submitted for execution, especially in background, on a multitasking computer; a programming language for controlling job{7} execution. Abbreviated JCL.
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- noun a problem-oriented language used to describe job requirements to an operating system
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