The USAGE clause specifies the internal format of a data item or represents the address of data in a COBOL program. Format - { BINARY } { COMPUTATIONAL } { COMP } { COMPUTATIONAL-1 } { COMP-1 } { COMPUTATIONAL-2 } [ USAGE IS ] { COMP-2 } { COMPUTATIONAL-3 } { COMP-3 } { DISPLAY } { INDEX } { PACKED-DECIMAL } { POINTER } { POINTER-64 }