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  Fortran
       
           (Formula Translation) The first and, for a long
          time, the most widely used programming language for numerical
          and scientific applications.  The original versions lacked
          recursive procedures and block structure and had a
          line-oriented syntax in which certain columns had special
          significance.
       
          There have been a great many versions.
       
          The name is often written "FORTRAN", harking back to the days
          before computers were taught about lower case, but ANSI
          decreed, in about 1985 via the ANSI FORTRAN Technical
          Committee TC, that it should be "Fortran".
       
          See also: Fortrash.
       
          [Was Fortran I the first version?]
       
          (2000-07-07)
       
       

  FORTRAN \FORTRAN\ n. (Computers) [Formula Translation.]
     a higher programming language with an instruction set
     designed for ease of expression of mathematical functions,
     much used in programming of scientific and mathematical
     problems.
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  Language \Lan"guage\, n. [OE. langage, F. langage, fr. L. lingua
     the tongue, hence speech, language; akin to E. tongue. See
     Tongue, cf. Lingual.]
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     1. Any means of conveying or communicating ideas;
        specifically, human speech; the expression of ideas by the
        voice; sounds, expressive of thought, articulated by the
        organs of the throat and mouth.
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     Note: Language consists in the oral utterance of sounds which
           usage has made the representatives of ideas. When two
           or more persons customarily annex the same sounds to
           the same ideas, the expression of these sounds by one
           person communicates his ideas to another. This is the
           primary sense of language, the use of which is to
           communicate the thoughts of one person to another
           through the organs of hearing. Articulate sounds are
           represented to the eye by letters, marks, or
           characters, which form words.
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     2. The expression of ideas by writing, or any other
        instrumentality.
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     3. The forms of speech, or the methods of expressing ideas,
        peculiar to a particular nation.
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     4. The characteristic mode of arranging words, peculiar to an
        individual speaker or writer; manner of expression; style.
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              Others for language all their care express. --Pope.
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     5. The inarticulate sounds by which animals inferior to man
        express their feelings or their wants.
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     6. The suggestion, by objects, actions, or conditions, of
        ideas associated therewith; as, the language of flowers.
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              There was . . . language in their very gesture.
                                                    --Shak.
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     7. The vocabulary and phraseology belonging to an art or
        department of knowledge; as, medical language; the
        language of chemistry or theology.
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     8. A race, as distinguished by its speech. [R.]
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              All the people, the nations, and the languages, fell
              down and worshiped the golden image.  --Dan. iii. 7.
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     9. Any system of symbols created for the purpose of
        communicating ideas, emotions, commands, etc., between
        sentient agents.
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     10. Specifically: (computers) Any set of symbols and the
         rules for combining them which are used to specify to a
         computer the actions that it is to take; also referred to
         as a computer lanugage or programming language; as,
         JAVA is a new and flexible high-level language which has
         achieved popularity very rapidly.
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     Note: Computer languages are classed a low-level if each
           instruction specifies only one operation of the
           computer, or high-level if each instruction may specify
           a complex combination of operations. Machine language
           and assembly language are low-level computer
           languages. FORTRAN, COBOL and C are high-level
           computer languages. Other computer languages, such as
           JAVA, allow even more complex combinations of low-level
           operations to be performed with a single command. Many
           programs, such as databases, are supplied with special
           languages adapted to manipulate the objects of concern
           for that specific program. These are also high-level
           languages.
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     Language master, a teacher of languages. [Obs.]
  
     Syn: Speech; tongue; idiom; dialect; phraseology; diction;
          discourse; conversation; talk.
  
     Usage: Language, Speech, Tongue, Idiom, Dialect.
            Language is generic, denoting, in its most extended
            use, any mode of conveying ideas; speech is the
            language of articulate sounds; tongue is the
            Anglo-Saxon term for language, esp. for spoken
            language; as, the English tongue. Idiom denotes the
            forms of construction peculiar to a particular
            language; dialects are varieties of expression which
            spring up in different parts of a country among people
            speaking substantially the same language.
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  higher programming language \higher programming language\ n.
     (Computers)
     a computer programming language with an instruction set
     allowing one instruction to code for several assembly
     language instructions.
  
     Note: The aggregation of several assembly-language
           instructions into one instruction allows much greater
           efficiency in writing computer programs. Most programs
           are now written in some higher programming language,
           such as BASIC, FORTRAN, COBOL, C, C++, or
           JAVA.
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  FORTRAN
       FORmula TRANslation
       
       

  FORTRAN
       n : a high-level programing language for mathematical and
           scientific purposes; stands for formula translation

  fortran
     French n.
     Fortran

  Fortran
     n.
     (lb en computer language) A high-level programming language first
  developed in the 1950s for scientific, engineering(,) and numerical
  computation.

  FORTRAN
     n.
     (alternative case form of en Fortran), particularly its early forms.

  Fortran
     n.
     (lb en computer language) A high-level programming language first
  developed in the 1950s for scientific, engineering(,) and numerical
  computation.

  FORTRAN
     n.
     (alternative case form of en Fortran), particularly its early forms.

  fortran
     French n.
     Fortran

  Fortran
     n.
     (lb en computer language) A high-level programming language first
  developed in the 1950s for scientific, engineering(,) and numerical
  computation.

  FORTRAN
     n.
     (alternative case form of en Fortran), particularly its early forms.

  fortran
     French n.
     Fortran

  Fortran
     n.
     (lb en computer language) A high-level programming language first
  developed in the 1950s for scientific, engineering(,) and numerical
  computation.

  FORTRAN
     n.
     (alternative case form of en Fortran), particularly its early forms.

  fortran
     n.
     (förkortning av ''formula translator'') ett programmeringsspråk för
  datamaskiner

  fortran
     n.
     (förkortning av ''formula translator'') ett programmeringsspråk för
  datamaskiner

  Fortran /ˈfɔʁtʁan/ /ˈfɔʁtʁan/ 
  Fortran
  Programmiersprache, die auf numerische Berechnungen hin optimiert wurde

  Fortran /fˈɔːtɹan/
  فورتران

  Fortran /fˈɔːtɹan/ 
   [jmén] Fortran
           Note: programovaví jazyk, FORmula TRANslation

  FORTRAN /fˈɔːtɹan/ 
  1. कम्प्यूटर~निर्देश~की~भाषा
        "FORTRAN is a programming language used especially in scientific applications."

  fortran /fˈɔːtɹan/
  programski jezik

  FORTRAN /fˈɔːtɹan/
  programski jezik FORTRAN

  Fortran /fɔʁ.tʁɑ̃/ 
  Fortran, フォートラン

  Fortran
  Fortran

  
/ˈfɔɾtˈɾan/

  n.[计算机]FORTRAN语言公式翻译程序语言;

  FORTRAN
     FORTRAN语言