Fortran

E59594

compiled language high-level programming language numerical computing language procedural programming language programming language

Fortran is a high-level programming language, particularly strong in numerical and scientific computing, widely used for engineering, physics, and high-performance applications.

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All labels observed (15)

Label	Occurrences
Fortran canonical	46
FORTRAN	11
Fortran 2003	4
Fortran 95	4
Fortran 2008	3
Fortran 2018	3
Fortran 90	3
Fortran 77	2
Fortran (core model implementation)	1
Fortran (via Flang and others)	1
Fortran 66	1
Fortran I	1
Fortran II	1
Fortran IV	1
Fortran programming language	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T477781 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Fortran
Context triple: [GNU Compiler Collection, supportsLanguage, Fortran]

A. Algol 68
Algol 68 is a high-level, structured programming language from the ALGOL family, notable for its orthogonal design and influence on many later languages.
B. ALGOL W
ALGOL W is an early procedural programming language developed in the 1960s as a successor to ALGOL 60, notable for introducing features that strongly influenced the design of Pascal.
C. ALGOL 60
ALGOL 60 is an early high-level programming language that pioneered block structure and lexical scoping, profoundly influencing the design of many later languages.
D. BCPL
BCPL (Basic Combined Programming Language) is an early, typeless systems programming language developed in the 1960s that significantly influenced the design of the C programming language.
E. ABC programming language
ABC is an early high-level, interactive programming language developed at CWI that emphasized readability and simplicity, and later influenced the design of Python.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Fortran
Target entity description: Fortran is a high-level programming language, particularly strong in numerical and scientific computing, widely used for engineering, physics, and high-performance applications.

A. Algol 68
Algol 68 is a high-level, structured programming language from the ALGOL family, notable for its orthogonal design and influence on many later languages.
B. ALGOL W
ALGOL W is an early procedural programming language developed in the 1960s as a successor to ALGOL 60, notable for introducing features that strongly influenced the design of Pascal.
C. ALGOL 60
ALGOL 60 is an early high-level programming language that pioneered block structure and lexical scoping, profoundly influencing the design of many later languages.
D. BCPL
BCPL (Basic Combined Programming Language) is an early, typeless systems programming language developed in the 1960s that significantly influenced the design of the C programming language.
E. ABC programming language
ABC is an early high-level, interactive programming language developed at CWI that emphasized readability and simplicity, and later influenced the design of Python.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (62)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	compiled language ⓘ high-level programming language ⓘ numerical computing language ⓘ procedural programming language ⓘ programming language ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
designedFor	engineering computing ⓘ high-performance computing ⓘ numerical analysis ⓘ scientific computing ⓘ
developer	IBM ⓘ
domain	computational fluid dynamics ⓘ engineering simulations ⓘ finite element analysis ⓘ high-performance computing ⓘ numerical weather prediction ⓘ scientific computing ⓘ
executionModel	compiled to native code ⓘ
fileExtension	.f ⓘ .f03 ⓘ .f08 ⓘ .f18 ⓘ .f90 ⓘ .f95 ⓘ .for ⓘ
hasVersion	Fortran self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Fortran 2003 Fortran self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Fortran 2008 Fortran self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Fortran 2018 Fortran self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Fortran 66 Fortran self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Fortran 77 Fortran self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Fortran 90 Fortran self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Fortran 95 Fortran self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Fortran I Fortran self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Fortran II Fortran self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Fortran IV
influenced	ALGOL ⓘ BASIC ⓘ Julia ⓘ MATLAB ⓘ PL/I ⓘ
notableFor	efficient array operations ⓘ performance on numerical workloads ⓘ
originalDesigner	John Backus ⓘ
paradigm	generic programming ⓘ imperative programming ⓘ object-oriented programming ⓘ procedural programming ⓘ
standardizedBy	ANSI ⓘ International Organization for Standardization ⓘ surface form: ISO
supports	array programming ⓘ generic procedures ⓘ modules ⓘ operator overloading ⓘ parallel programming ⓘ recursion ⓘ user-defined types ⓘ
typicalImplementation	Intel Fortran Compiler ⓘ NAG Fortran Compiler ⓘ GNU Compiler Collection ⓘ surface form: gfortran
typingDiscipline	static typing ⓘ strong typing ⓘ
yearIntroduced	1957 ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (83)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

GNU Compiler Collection → supportsLanguage → Fortran ⓘ

GNU Debugger → supportsLanguage → Fortran ⓘ

HP 9000 Series 200 → supportsProgrammingLanguage → Fortran ⓘ

this entity surface form: FORTRAN

IBM RS/6000 systems → supportsProgrammingLanguage → Fortran ⓘ

subject surface form: IBM RS/6000

AIX → supportsProgrammingLanguage → Fortran ⓘ

BASIC → influencedBy → Fortran ⓘ

GNU toolchain → supportsLanguage → Fortran ⓘ