The designated internal storage space (or variable buffer) that is manipulated during input and output. An internal file can be a character variable, character array, character array element, or character substring. In general, an internal file contains one record. However, an internal file that is a character array has one record for each array element.
A variable that is used as a file storage medium for formatted I/O. Internal files are stored in memory and typically are used to convert data from a machine representation to a character representation by use of edit descriptors.
a character-string object, such as a constant, variable, substring, array, element of an array, or field of a structured record--all of type character
a character variable that is used as the unit specifier in a READ or WRITE statement
a designated internal storage space (variable buffer) of characters that is treated as a sequential file of fixed-length records
a location in main memory, is of character type, and is either a variable, substring, array, array element, or a field of a structured record
a means of transferring data within internal storage between character variables, character arrays, character array elements, or substrings
an area of central memory which can be used as if it were a formatted sequential file
an object of type CHARACTER such as a variable, substring, array, element of an array, or field of a structured record
(n.) a character variable that is used to transfer and convert data from one form of internal storage to another.