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Fortran Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
fortran
n : formula translation; high-level programing language for mathematical and scientific purposes [syn: fortran]
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vienna fortran
fortran automatic symbol translator
refined fortran
fortran-linda
fortran iv
fortran ii
fortran i
rational fortran
fortran 77
Noun
1. a high-level programing language for mathematical and scientific purposes; stands for formula translation
(hypernym) algebraic language
Fortran Definition from Government Dictionaries & Glossaries
Fortran Definition from Science & Technology Dictionaries & Glossaries
FORmula TRANslation (programing language)
See language processor.
Fortran Definition from Computer & Internet Dictionaries & Glossaries
Formula Translator (Programming Language)(See HLL)
FORmula TRANsactor
Formula Translator (Programming Language)(See HLL)
Acronym for formula translator, FORTRAN is the oldest high-level programming language. Designed by John Backus for IBM in the late 1950s, it is still popular today, particularly for scientific applications that require extensive mathematical computations.
The two most common versions of FORTRAN are FORTRAN IV and FORTRAN 77. FORTRAN IV was approved as a USASI standard in 1966. FORTRAN 77 is a version of FORTRAN that was approved by ANSI in 1978 (they had expected to approve it in 1977, hence the name). FORTRAN 77 includes a number of features not available in older versions of FORTRAN. A new ISO and ANSI standard for FORTRAN, called FORTRAN-90, was developed in the early 90s.
The two most common versions of FORTRAN are FORTRAN IV and FORTRAN 77. FORTRAN IV was approved as a USASI standard in 1966. FORTRAN 77 is a version of FORTRAN that was approved by ANSI in 1978 (they had expected to approve it in 1977, hence the name). FORTRAN 77 includes a number of features not available in older versions of FORTRAN. A new ISO and ANSI standard for FORTRAN, called FORTRAN-90, was developed in the early 90s.
Fortran Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
Fortran (previously FORTRAN) is a general-purpose, procedural, imperative programming language that is especially suited to numeric computation and scientific computing. Originally developed by IBM at their campus in south San Jose, California in the 1950s for scientific and engineering applications, Fortran came to dominate this area of programming early on and has been in continual use for over half a century in computationally intensive areas such as numerical weather prediction, finite element analysis, computational fluid dynamics, computational physics and computational chemistry. It is one of the most popular languages in the area of high-performance computing and is the language used for programs that benchmark and rank the world's fastest supercomputers.
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