Fortran is a third-generation, compiled, imperative programming language designed for numeric computation and scientific computing.
John Backus proposed the FORTRAN project in December 1953 and received the A.M. Turing Award in 1977.
The Fortran Automatic Coding System for the IBM 704 (October 15, 1956), the first programmer's reference manual for Fortran
FORTRAN code on a punched card, showing the specialized uses of columns 1–5, 6 and 73–80
A pad of FORTRAN coding forms, used by programmers to prepare programs for punching onto cards by keypunch operators
International Business Machines Corporation, doing business as IBM, is an American multinational technology company headquartered in Armonk, New York, and present in over 175 countries. It is a public
Fortran
…third-generation, compiled, imperative programming language designed for numeric computation and scientific computing. Fortran was originally developed by IBM with a reference manual being released in 1956; however, the first compilers only began to produce accurate code two years later. Fortran computer…
IBM CHQ in Armonk, New York, in 2014
NACA researchers using an IBM type 704 electronic data processing machine in 1957
An IBM System/360 in use at the University of Michigan c. 1969
IBM guidance computer hardware for the Saturn V Instrument Unit