Fortran

See also: fortran and FORTRAN

English

Alternative forms

• FORTRAN

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈfɔː.tɹæn/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈfɔɹ.tɹæn/

• Audio (Canada):

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• Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)tɹæn
• Homophone: 4tran

Proper noun

Fortran

1. (computer languages) A high-level programming language first developed in the 1950s for scientific, engineering, and numerical computation.
   • 1972, Thomas M. Disch, 334

     He was the defiant homesteader, the crusty senior member of a research team who understood Algol and Fortran but couldn't read the secrets of his own heart.

   • 1997, Jeanne C. Adams, Walter S. Brainerd, Jeanne T. Martin, Brian T. Smith, Jerrold L. Wagener, Fortran 95 Handbook: Complete ISO/ANSI Reference, MIT Press, →ISBN, page 192:

     In addition to the Fortran operators that are intrinsic (built in), there may be user-defined operators in expressions.

Derived terms

• Fortranlike
• Ratfor

Translations

Computer language

• French: fortran (fr)
• Polish: Fortran (pl) m
• Portuguese: Fortran (pt) m

See also

• ALGOL