Multiple choice technology

PD represents _______

  1. signed COMP variables

  2. COMP-3 variables

  3. Zoned Decimal

  4. signed 3 variables
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Explanation

PD stands for Packed Decimal, which corresponds to COBOL's COMP-3 format. In packed decimal, each byte stores two decimal digits except the final byte which stores one digit and the sign nibble, providing efficient numeric storage.

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