FORTRAN
UK/ˈfɔː.tɹæn/US/ˈfɔɹ.tɹæn/
FORTRAN is the alternative letter-case form of Fortran.
Proper noun capitalized: Fortran
Fortran
- 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.1972, Thomas M. Disch, 334
- In addition to the Fortran operators that are intrinsic (built in), there may be user-defined operators in expressions.1997, Jeanne C. Adams, Walter S. Brainerd, Jeanne T. Martin, Brian T. Smith, Jerrold L. Wagener, Fortran 95 Handbook: Complete ISO/ANSI Reference, MIT Press, →ISBN, page 192
Forms of FORTRAN
| alternative form | FORTRAN |
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Origin of FORTRAN
A variant capitalization of FORTRAN (formally adopted with Fortran 90 in 1991), a blend of formula + translator or formula + translation.
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Words that rhyme with FORTRAN
Questions about FORTRAN
- What does FORTRAN mean?
- FORTRAN means a high-level programming language first developed in the 1950s for scientific, engineering, and numerical computation.
- What is FORTRAN the alternative letter-case form of?
- FORTRAN is the alternative letter-case form of Fortran.
- What part of speech is FORTRAN?
- FORTRAN is a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce FORTRAN?
- FORTRAN is pronounced /ˈfɔː.tɹæn/ (UK).
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Adapted from Wiktionary: FORTRAN (page history and authors); Fortran (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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