FORTRAN is a complied language (like C) so the source code (what you write) must be converted into machine code before it can be executed (e.g. Make command)

1. FORTRAN was the world's first high-level programming language.2. It was developed at IBM by a small team led by John Backus.3. John Backus and his team working at IBM took the first initiative in 1954 with a report entitled “Preliminary Report, Specification for the IBM Mathematical FORmula TRANslating system, Fortran”4. The earliest version of FORTRAN was released in 1957 as a programming tool for the IBM 704.5. Fifty years later, FORTRAN remains the programming language of choice for large-scale numerical calculations in science and engineering.6. Version history FORTRAN 1957 FORTRAN II FORTRAN IV FORTRAN 66 (released as ANSI standard in 1966) FORTRAN 77 (ANSI standard in 1977) FORTRAN 90 (ANSI standard in 1990) FORTRAN 95 (ANSI standard version) FORTRAN 2003 (ANSI standard version) Fortran 2008

there's a big difference between a bit and a byte. A byte is much bigger: eight times bigger, in fact, with eight bits in every byte. By extension, there are eight megabits in every megabyte and 1 gigabyte is 8 times bigger than 1 gigabit.

1. BITS and BYTES measure amount of data, however they are typically used in two different contexts2. BITS, Kilobits (KBPS), and MEGABITS (MBPS) are most often used to measure data transfer speeds.3. This may refer to how fast you are downloading a file or how fast you’re your internet connection is.4. BYTES on the other hand are used to measure data storage5. For example A CD holds 700 MB (Mega BYTES) of data and a hard drive may hold 250GM (GIGABYTES)6. The other important difference is that BYTES contains Eight BITS on Data7. Therefore A 240KBPS download is only transferring 30KB of data per second 8. However KILOBYTES per second is not as commonly used as KILOBITS per second form measuring data transfer speeds

9. After all using KILOBITS per second (KBPS) make your connection sound eight times faster