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Fortran

Syllabification: (For·tran)
Pronunciation: /ˈfôrˌtran/

(also FORTRAN)
Definition of Fortran

noun

  • a high-level computer programming language used especially for scientific computation.

Origin:

1950s: contraction of formula translation

Fortran in other Oxford dictionaries

Definition of Fortran in the British & World English dictionary