FORTRAN
pronunciation
How to pronounce FORTRAN in British English:
UK ['fɔ:træn]
How to pronounce FORTRAN in American English:
US ['fɔrtræn]
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- Noun:
- a high-level programing language for mathematical and scientific purposes; stands for formula translation
Word Origin
- Fortran (n.)
- computer programming language, 1956, from combination of elements from formula + translation.
Example
- 1. Using fortran language addendum to the source molecular dynamics .
- 2. You are fortran you are an old-timer who likes math and science .
- 3. The only language I ever managed to become proficient at besides english was fortran .
- 4. The fortran branch , for example , seems to be merging with the descendants of algol .
- 5. In some programming languages , such as pascal and fortran , indicating that the execution of a method is complete and specifying its result are separate operations .