Definitions for Fortran
ˈfɔr trænfor·tran

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1. FORTRANnoun

   a high-level programing language for mathematical and scientific purposes; stands for formula translation

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1. FORTRANnoun

   a higher programming language with an instruction set designed for ease of expression of mathematical functions, much used in programming of scientific and mathematical problems.

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1. FORTRANnoun

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

2. Etymology: The name is a portmanteau of Formula Translator/Translation

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1. Fortran

   Fortran (; formerly FORTRAN) is a general-purpose, compiled imperative programming language that is especially suited to numeric computation and scientific computing. Fortran was originally developed by IBM in the 1950s for scientific and engineering applications, and subsequently came to dominate scientific computing. It has been in use for over six decades in computationally intensive areas such as numerical weather prediction, finite element analysis, computational fluid dynamics, geophysics, computational physics, crystallography and computational chemistry. It is a popular language for high-performance computing and is used for programs that benchmark and rank the world's fastest supercomputers. Fortran has had numerous versions, each of which has added extensions while largely retaining compatibility with preceding versions. Successive versions have added support for structured programming and processing of character-based data (FORTRAN 77), array programming, modular programming and generic programming (Fortran 90), High Performance Fortran (Fortran 95), object-oriented programming (Fortran 2003), concurrent programming (Fortran 2008), and native parallel computing capabilities (Coarray Fortran 2008/2018). Fortran's design was the basis for many other programming languages. Among the better-known is BASIC, which is based on FORTRAN II with a number of syntax cleanups, notably better logical structures, and other changes to work more easily in an interactive environment.Since August 2021 Fortran has ranked among the top 15 languages in the TIOBE index, a measure of the popularity of programming languages.

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1. fortran

   FORTRAN (short for "Formula Translation") is a high-level programming language primarily used for numerical computation and scientific computing. Developed by IBM in the 1950s, it is one of the oldest programming languages and it allows complex mathematical functions and algorithms to be expressed with simple notations. Its simplicity and efficiency made it a popular choice for use in high-performance computing environments.

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1. Fortran

   Fortran is a general-purpose, imperative programming language that is especially suited to numeric computation and scientific computing. Originally developed by IBM at their campus in south San Jose, California in the 1950s for scientific and engineering applications, Fortran came to dominate this area of programming early on and has been in continual use for over half a century in computationally intensive areas such as numerical weather prediction, finite element analysis, computational fluid dynamics, computational physics and computational chemistry. It is one of the most popular languages in the area of high-performance computing and is the language used for programs that benchmark and rank the world's fastest supercomputers. Fortran encompasses a lineage of versions, each of which evolved to add extensions to the language while usually retaining compatibility with previous versions. Successive versions have added support for structured programming and processing of character-based data, array programming, modular programming and generic programming, high performance Fortran, object-oriented programming and concurrent programming.

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1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Fortran in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Fortran in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of Fortran in a Sentence

1. Anonymous:

   Real programmers don't write in PLI. PLI is for programmers who can't decide whether to write in COBOL or FORTRAN.

2. Philip Greenspun:

   Greenspun's Tenth Rule of Programming: any sufficiently complicated C or Fortran program contains an ad hoc informally-specified bug-ridden slow implementation of half of Common Lisp.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
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2. ^ GCIDE
   https://gcide.gnu.org.ua/?q=Fortran
3. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Fortran
4. ^ Wikipedia
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6. ^ Wikidata
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