fortran
IPA: fˈɔrtræn
Root Word: Fortran
noun
- (computer languages) A high-level programming language first developed in the 1950s for scientific, engineering, and numerical computation.
- Alternative letter-case form of Fortran, particularly its early forms. [(computer languages) A high-level programming language first developed in the 1950s for scientific, engineering, and numerical computation.]
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Examples of "fortran" in Sentences
- Fortran could be used as a model.
- Intended as an improvement over FORTRAN.
- Cobol and Fortran do have such a section.
- However it was not a complete FORTRAN implementation.
- The language is not designed to be similar to Fortran.
- This usage originated in the FORTRAN programming language.
- This output was then read in by the FORTRAN plotting program.
- It is not clear the pedigree of the vectorizing Fortran compiler.
- The FORTRAN 77 optimizing compiler was first shipped in mid 1990.
- The analysis was done on the NAG Fortran library already cited in the slides.