FORTRAN
noun
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Pronunciation: /ˈfɔː.tɹæn/ / /ˈfɔɹ.tɹæn/
name
Etymology: A variant capitalization of FORTRAN (formally adopted with Fortran 90 in 1991), a blend of formula + translator or formula + translation.
- A high-level programming language first developed in the 1950s for scientific, engineering, and numerical computation.
“He was the defiant homesteader, the crusty senior member of a research team who understood Algol and Fortran but couldn't read the secrets of his own heart.”
“In addition to the Fortran operators that are intrinsic (built in), there may be user-defined operators in expressions.”