FORTRAN
Definition
FORmula TRANslation. Early high-level computer language designed specifically for writing programs involving mathematical and scientific computations, it provided the basis for BASIC and other languages. Its newer version (Fortran 2000) is an ISO-standard language for advanced applications such as parallel computing. Invented in 1956 by John Backus (born 1924) at IBM.
FORTRAN is in the Computer Hardware, Software, & Security and Information Science & Technology subjects.
FORTRAN appears in the definition of the following term: assembly language
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