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FLOW-MATIC (trademark of Sperry Rand Corporation). Programming for the UNIVAC® I and II, Data Automation Systems copyrighted 1958,1959, by Sperry Rand Corporation; IBM Commercial Translater Form No. F 28-8013, copyrighted 1959 by IBM: FACT, DSI 27A5260-2760, copyrighted 1960 by Minneapolis-Honeywell have specifically authorized the use of this material in whole or in part, in the COBOL specifications. Such authorization extends to the reproduction and use of COBOL specifications in programming manuals or similar publications.

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