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.
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]
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Fortran Description of subject: Fortran is a high-level programming language, particularly strong in numerical and scientific computing, widely used for engineering, physics, and high-performance applications.
Referenced by (83)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
FORTRAN
this entity surface form:
Fortran 77
this entity surface form:
Fortran 90
this entity surface form:
Fortran 95
this entity surface form:
Fortran 2003
this entity surface form:
Fortran 2008
this entity surface form:
Fortran 2018
this entity surface form:
Fortran 95
this entity surface form:
Fortran 2003
this entity surface form:
Fortran 2008
this entity surface form:
Fortran 2018
this entity surface form:
FORTRAN
this entity surface form:
FORTRAN
subject surface form:
HEASoft