English Explanatory Dictionary

FORTRAN

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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  1. Alternative letter-case form of Fortran, particularly its early forms.
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  1. A high-level programming language first developed in the 1950s for scientific, engineering, and numerical computation.

Pronunciation

/ˈfɔː.tɹæn/ /ˈfɔɹ.tɹæn/ en-ca-fortran.ogg

Word forms

FORTRAN

Etymology

A variant capitalization of FORTRAN (formally adopted with Fortran 90 in 1991), a blend of formula + translator or formula + translation.

Related words

ALGOL

Derived words

Fortranlike Ratfor
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