Global Statements Dictionary
cl
CL
Line command. Lowercase. Ref: PSPPR:Display Manager.
class
(klas') n.
1. Object-oriented programming. a definition of a kind of object, including definitions of the data elements of the object and routines (called methods) that act on the object.
2. a distinct category, especially as identified by a distinct value of a class variable.
v.t.
3. to assign to a class; classify.
CLASS
Proc step statement. Class variables. Ref: PSPL:Proc Steps:Proc Step Syntax.
class variable
Proc steps. n.
a variable of the input SAS dataset whose distinct values form groups of observations for analysis, regardless of the order of the observations: listed in the CLASS statement.
Also, CLASS variable.
CLEANUP
System option. Ref: PSPPR:System Options. SLRD:SAS System Options.
CLEAR
Command. Ref: PSPPR:Display Manager.
Alias, CLE.
click
(klik') v.t.&i.
1. to select an object or indicate a location on the screen in a graphical user interface by momentarily pressing the button on the pointing device while the mouse pointer is located on the object or at the location.
n.
2. an instance of clicking.
clickstream
(klik' strEm) n.
a sequential record of user actions, especially of links selected by the users of a web site, or a summary of this data.
Businesses are collecting reams of clickstream data from their online operations, but few are leveraging that information to its fullest. ["Clickstream Analysis Gets the Hosted Treatment," Information Week, Apr. 16, 2001]
client
(klI' ent) n.
1. a program that makes use of the specialized capabiltiies of server, especially such a program that interacts directly with a user.
2. a computer on which a client program executes.
Compare server.
client-server
(klI' ent sur' vur) adj.
1. following a computing model in which some capabilities are provided by specialized programs (servers at the request of other programs clients, with the programs executing on various computers connected by a network.
CLIST
(sE' list) Z/OS. n.
a program written in the TSO command language.
close
(klOz') v.t.
to make (a file) closed.
Compare open.
CLOSE
Function. Ref: PSPPR:Functions. PSPL:Low-Level I/O Programming:SAS Dataset I/O Functions. SLRD:Functions and CALL Routines.
closed
(klOzd') adj.
(of a file) not open; in a state that does not allow the specific contents of the file to be accessed.
Compare open.
CLP
SAS/OR. Procedure.
cluster
(klus' tur) Statistics. n.
1. a subset of observations that have similar or nearby values when compared to other observations.
v.i.
2. to form a cluster.
v.t.
3. to divide into clusters; to identify the clusters of.
CLUSTER
SAS/STAT. Procedure. Hierarchical clustering.
