Fortran Definition

fôrtrăn
noun
A high-level computer language employing algebraic formulas.
Webster's New World
One of the first high-level programming languages, designed to solve problems that can be expressed algebraically and used mainly in mathematics, science, and engineering.
American Heritage
pronoun

A high-level programming language developed in the 1950s for scientific, engineering and numerical computation.

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Origin of Fortran

  • The name is a portmanteau of Formula Translator/Translation

    From Wiktionary

  • for(mula) tran(slation)

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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