FORTRAN is the acronym for

AFile translation

BFormat translation

CFormula translation ✓ Correct

DFloppy translation

Correct answer: (C) Formula translation

Explanation

FORTRAN is the acronym for Formula Translation.

File translation is not what the name expands to.

Format translation is not the correct expansion either.

Floppy translation is unrelated to the name.

FORTRAN was developed for scientific and engineering calculations.

It is among the oldest high-level programming languages, dating from the 1950s.

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