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Fortran.

A high-level programming language first developed in the 1950s for scientific, engineering, and numerical computation.

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name/ˈfɔː.tɹæn/Received-Pronunciation/ˈfɔɹ.tɹæn/General-American
  1. A high-level programming language first developed in the 1950s for scientific, engineering, and numerical computation.

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A variant capitalization of FORTRAN (formally adopted with Fortran 90 in 1991), a blend of formula + translator or formula + translation.

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