DETAB

DETAB

[′dē‚tab] (computer science) A programming language based on COBOL in which problems can be specified in the form of decision tables. Acronym for decision table.

DETAB

DEcision TABle.

A decision table COBOL preprocessor written by A. Chapmanin 1964.

Versions: DETAB 65, DETAB X.

[Sammet 1969, p. 315].