FORTRAN
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træn noun Computers.
a high-level programming language used mainly for solving problems in science and engineering.
Origin:
1955–60; for(mula) tran(slation)
1955–60; for(mula) tran(slation)
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FORTRAN or Fortran (ˈfɔːtræn) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
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| a high-level computer programming language for mathematical and scientific purposes, designed to facilitate and speed up the solving of complex problems | |
| [C20: from for(mula) tran(slation)] | |
| Fortran or Fortran | |
| —n | |
| [C20: from for(mula) tran(slation)] | |
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Fortran
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| a gadget; dingus; thingumbob. |
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| FORTRAN or Fortran (ˈfɔːtræn) | |
| —n | |
| a high-level computer programming language for mathematical and scientific purposes, designed to facilitate and speed up the solving of complex problems | |
| [C20: from for(mula) tran(slation)] | |
| Fortran or Fortran | |
| —n | |
| [C20: from for(mula) tran(slation)] | |
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Computing Dictionary
Fortran definition
language(Formula Translation) The first and, for a long time, the most widely used programming language for numerical and scientific applications. The original versions lacked recursive procedures and block structure and had a line-oriented syntax in which certain columns had special significance.
There have been a great many versions.
The name is often written "FORTRAN", harking back to the days before computers were taught about lower case, but ANSI decreed, in about 1985 via the ANSI FORTRAN Technical Committee TC, that it should be "Fortran".
See also: Fortrash.
[Was Fortran I the first version?]
(2000-07-07)
American Heritage
Abbreviations & Acronyms
| FORTRAN formula translator (programming language) |
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Encyclopedia Britannica
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fortran
computer-programming language created in 1957 by John Backus that shortened the process of programming and made computer programming more accessible.
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Encyclopedia Britannica, 2008. Encyclopedia Britannica Online.
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