Fortran is not a computer, it is a language. The letters stand for formula translator. It was developed by IBM in San Jose CA in the 1950's.
John Warner Backus of IBM, FORTRAN.
BASIC and FORTRAN are computer programming languages.
FORTRAN is an abbreviation for FORmula TRANslation. It is a computer programming language.
The oldest computer language still in use is Fortran, invented in 1957. The first computer language was assembly language, but the first high level programming language was Plankalkul.
formula translation
There are many Scientific Computer languages including Fortran 77, Fortran 90, C, and C++.
Pierluigi Ridolfi has written: 'Il Fortran' -- subject(s): Computer programming, FORTRAN (Computer program language)
V. A. Dyck has written: 'Introduction to computing' -- subject(s): Computer programming, Data processing, FORTRAN (Computer program language), Mathematics, Programming 'FORTRAN/77' -- subject(s): Computer programming, Computer programs, FORTRAN 77 (Computer program language), Mathematics
Sadako Chino has written: 'Fortran programmes in the education of statistics' -- subject(s): Computer programs, FORTRAN (Computer program language), Statistics
Sten Kallin has written: 'Introduction to FORTRAN' -- subject(s): FORTRAN (Computer program language)
G. J. Borse has written: 'Fortran 77 for engineers' -- subject(s): Engineering, FORTRAN 77 (Computer program language), Data processing 'FORTRAN 77 and numerical methods for engineers' -- subject(s): Engineering, FORTRAN 77 (Computer program language), Data processing
C. H. Middlebrooks has written: 'VAX FORTRAN' -- subject(s): FORTRAN (Computer program language), Programming, VAX-11 (Computer)