Fortran Definition

fôrtrăn
noun
A high-level computer language employing algebraic formulas.
Webster's New World
One of the first high-level programming languages, designed to solve problems that can be expressed algebraically and used mainly in mathematics, science, and engineering.
American Heritage
pronoun

A high-level programming language developed in the 1950s for scientific, engineering and numerical computation.

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Origin of Fortran

  • The name is a portmanteau of Formula Translator/Translation

    From Wiktionary

  • for(mula) tran(slation)

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Fortran Sentence Examples

  • All other device specific routines which are not directly callable from Fortran have the routine name prefixed by the letter ' F ' .

  • In addition Fortran array storage is directly comparable to the array storage conventions used in Excel.

  • To find out more about their FORTRAN compilers, visit the gcc website.

  • Much of his work was on computers and in his 11 years at the college Davies became thoroughly conversant with Fortran.

  • See the documentation of the style sheet FORTRAN for more details.

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Words Starting With

FFOFOR

Words Ending With

NANRAN

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Fortran

Words Starting With F and Ending With N

Starts With F & Ends With NStarts With FO & Ends With NStarts With F & Ends With AN

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7 Letter Words7 Letter Words Starting With F7 Letter Words Ending With N