FORTRAN meaning: Programming language for numerical computation

We found 32 dictionaries that define the word Fortran:

General (17 matching dictionaries)

FORTRAN, Fortran: Merriam-Webster
FORTRAN, Fortran: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
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FORTRAN, Fortran: Wiktionary
FORTRAN: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
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FORTRAN, Fortran (programming language), Fortran: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
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fortran: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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Computing (6 matching dictionaries)

Fortran: Free On-line Dictionary of Computing
FORTRAN, FORTRAN: CCI Computer
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FORTRAN (programming language), FORTRAN: Encyclopedia

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FORTRAN: PlanetMath Encyclopedia

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Tech (1 matching dictionary)

FORTRAN: GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS, CARTOGRAPHY, AND REMOTE SENSING

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Definitions from Wiktionary (FORTRAN)

▸ noun: (computer languages) A high-level programming language first developed in the 1950s for scientific, engineering, and numerical computation.
▸ noun: 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.]

Opposite:

anti-Fortran

Types:

IBM, DEC, GNU, Intel, more...

Phrases:

fortran program, fortran compiler, basic fortran, parallel fortran, vienna fortran, more...

Adjectives:

standard, basic, gpss, full, original, language, lpi, portable, classical, parallel, best

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