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"Clause" in Cobol means :

  1. Syntactically valid combination of words and clauses

  2. Sequence of one or more statements terminated by period

  3. Words and characters specifying attribute of entry

  4. Syntactically valid combination of words

  5. Sequence of one or more statements terminated by comma
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Explanation

In COBOL, a Clause is the lowest-level syntactic unit that specifies attributes or characteristics of an entry. Clauses consist of words and characters that define properties like data types, picture clauses, or usage clauses. They are not complete statements (terminated by periods) but rather descriptive elements within entries.

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