Meanings
FRACTRAN1
alternative Fractran
- A Turing-complete esoteric programming language based on the processing of fractions.
Fractran2
- alternativeAlternative form of FRACTRAN.
Origin
Apparently from fraction and FORTRAN.
Full word history & related roots →Cite this entry
FRACTRAN. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/FRACTRAN
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