FORTRANFORTRAN (FORmula TRANslation) is a third-generation ( 3GL ) programming language that was designed for use by engineers, mathematicians, and other users and creators of scientific algorithms. It has a very succinct and spartan syntax. Today, the C language has largely displaced FORTRAN.
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| This word suggested by: Reg Harbeck | | Last updated on:
Feb 26, 2008 |
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Overheard
"In a matter of days, Mr. Spitzer went from potential presidential candidate to — in the tech world, at least — the poster boy for software usually used to snare fraudsters, money launderers and terrorists."
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