13. The stored program computer of claim 12 wherein: the editing styles tailorable by said applications programmer further comprise extended column definitions of display characteristics for data of corresponding columns of said database table beyond those characteristics inherent in a data dictionary of said database table.
15. The stored program computer of claim 13 wherein: said extended column definitions comprise a display format for displaying of data of a column of said database table, tailorable characteristics of said display format include one or more of the following attributes: justification, screen position, and display size.