FORTRAN

See also: fortran and Fortran

English

Proper noun

FORTRAN

1. Synonym of Fortran, particularly its early forms.
   • 1992 March 2, Richard Preston, The New Yorker, "The Mountains of Pi":

     The brothers wrote the machine’s application software in FORTRAN, a programming language that is “a dinosaur from the late fifties,” Gregory said, adding, “There is always new life in this dinosaur.”