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FORTRAN [fawr-tran] ExamplesWord Origin noun Computers.
- a high-level programming language used mainly for solving problems in science and engineering.
Origin of FORTRAN 1955–60; for(mula) tran(slation) Examples from the Web for fortran Historical Examples of fortran
Enlargement of Fortran compilers for data-acquisition use to include statements designed to handle interrupts is desirable.
On-Line Data-Acquisition Systems in Nuclear Physics, 1969
H. W. Fulbright et al.
For this purpose, a considerable number of additional statements have been added to the Fortran language.
On-Line Data-Acquisition Systems in Nuclear Physics, 1969
H. W. Fulbright et al.
This is true even in places such as Yale, where the design emphasizes a maximum use of Fortran.
On-Line Data-Acquisition Systems in Nuclear Physics, 1969
H. W. Fulbright et al.
British Dictionary definitions for fortran FORTRAN Fortran noun
- a high-level computer programming language for mathematical and scientific purposes, designed to facilitate and speed up the solving of complex problems
Word Origin for FORTRAN C20: from for (mula) tran (slation) Word Origin and History for fortran Fortran n.
computer programming language, 1956, from combination of elements from formula + translation.