| Subject | English | French |
| el. | mandatory variable length fields | champs obligatoires de longueur variable |
| el. | optional variable length fields | champs facultatifs de longueur variable |
| automat. | variable field length system | système de longueur de champ variable |
| dat.proc. | variable length field | zone variable |
| dat.proc. | variable length field | champ de longueur variable |
| dat.proc. | variable length field | champ variable |
| comp., MS, Canada | variable-length field | champ de longueur variable (In a record, a field that can vary in length according to how much data it contains) |