FORTRAN
a high-level programming language used mainly for solving problems in science and engineering.
Origin of FORTRAN
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Enlargement of FORTRAN compilers for data-acquisition use to include statements designed to handle interrupts is desirable.
On-Line Data-Acquisition Systems in Nuclear Physics, 1969 | H. W. Fulbright et al.For this purpose, a considerable number of additional statements have been added to the FORTRAN language.
On-Line Data-Acquisition Systems in Nuclear Physics, 1969 | H. W. Fulbright et al.They may be system-supplied or user-written and may be (and usually are) written FORTRAN.
On-Line Data-Acquisition Systems in Nuclear Physics, 1969 | H. W. Fulbright et al.This is true even in places such as Yale, where the design emphasizes a maximum use of FORTRAN.
On-Line Data-Acquisition Systems in Nuclear Physics, 1969 | H. W. Fulbright et al.
British Dictionary definitions for FORTRAN
Fortran
/ (ˈfɔːtræn) /
a high-level computer programming language for mathematical and scientific purposes, designed to facilitate and speed up the solving of complex problems
Origin of FORTRAN
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