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Communication Description Entry (↑ Statements)
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  Construct:    Communication Description Entry
 
  Function:     Creates a control block for communications
 
  Syntax:       Which format?  INPUT   OUTPUT    I-O
 
     ───CD cd-name─┬───┬─┬─────────┬─I-O───────────────────────────
                     └FOR┘ └─INITIAL─┘
 
      ─┬─data-name-1 data-name-2 data-name-3 ... data-name-6────────1
        └────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────2
 
     2──┬───────────────────────────────┬───────────────────────────2
         └─MESSAGE DATE─┬──┬─data-name-1─┘
                        └IS┘
 
     2──┬───────────────────────────────┬───────────────────────────2
         └─MESSAGE TIME─┬──┬─data-name-2─┘
                        └IS┘
 
     2──┬─────────────────────────────────────┬─────────────────────2
         └┬────────┬─TERMINAL─┬──┬─data-name-3─┘
          └SYMBOLIC┘          └IS┘
 
     2──┬──────────────────────────────┬────────────────────────────2
         └─TEXT LENGTH─┬──┬─data-name-4─┘
                       └IS┘
 
     2──┬──────────────────────────┬────────────────────────────────2
         └─END KEY─┬──┬─data-name-5─┘
                   └IS┘
 
     1──────────────────────────────────┬──. ───────────────────────
     2──┬─────────────────────────────┬─┘
         └─STATUS KEY─┬──┬─data-name-6─┘
                      └IS┘
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