09-20-1954 First FORTRAN program
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| Audience/Grade: | College Freshman-Continuing Education |
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Computer Engineering Computer Science Engineering Mechanics General Engineering, Engineering Science Information Systems Information Technology Software Engineering |
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Tarek Zohdi |
| Description: | Engineering Pathway's Today in History for September 20. Excerpt: "Today in History – September 20, 1954 – the first FORTRAN program is run at IBM. The first public release of the FORTRAN programming language was not until April 19, 1957. FORTRAN is an acronym for FORmula TRANslation, named so because it was designed to allow easy translation of math formulas into code. Developed by a team of programmers at IBM led by John Backus, it is one of the oldest programming languages and the first high-level language and compiler ever developed." |
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| Keywords: | IBM Fortran programming languages |
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"Today in History" Blog of the Engineering Pathway Digital Library |
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(a) Apply mathematics, science, and engineering |
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Events in history can be used to connect modern technologies to their technological roots. |
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| Publication Date: | September 2009 |
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WWW |
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Free |
| Download URL: | http://www.k-grayengineeringeducation.com/blog/index.php/2010/09/ |
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IEEE LOM Record |
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NEEDS
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