Technical computing term used in COBOL programming to refer to a data entry or record item.
COBOLでは、記述項にデータの属性を定義する。
In COBOL, you define data attributes in the entry.
communication description entry
data description entry
report description entry
special names entry
file description entry
Compound of 記述 (description) and 項 (item, clause), likely a direct translation of the English computing term 'entry' in the context of COBOL.