Multiple choice technology mainframe

COMM is

  1. DOUBLE WORD BINARY

  2. FULL WORD BINARY

  3. FULL WORD

  4. HALF WORD BINARY

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D Correct answer
Explanation

COMM is a half-word binary field (2 bytes). In IBM mainframe terminology, HALF WORD = 2 bytes, FULL WORD = 4 bytes, DOUBLE WORD = 8 bytes. COMM specifically uses the half-word format.