Labels:text | screenshot | font OCR: MW- RECORD LOCKING: allows a group of items to be locked in order to avoid simultaneous updating. VARIABLE TYPES: there is no need to declare variable types as Alpha or Numeric within PICK/BASIC, the system treats each variable according to the data it currently contains. FILE E MANAGEMENT: PICK/BASIC programs can read files directly and need only to open the file, there is no need to close the file!