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<p>SLATEC Common Mathematical Library is a <a href="/facts/FORTRAN_77/m1KqjcMU">FORTRAN 77</a> library of over 1,400 general purpose mathematical and statistical routines. The code was developed at <a href="/facts/US_government/VJCxUaf7">US government</a> research laboratories and is therefore <a href="/facts/Public_domain_software/LUpdqQXQ">public domain software</a>. </p><p>"SLATEC" is an <a href="/facts/Acronym/nlHK7aRt">acronym</a> for the <a href="/facts/Sandia_National_Laboratories/LYsKDj45">Sandia</a>, <a href="/facts/Los_Alamos_National_Laboratory/tlrLkV7r">Los Alamos</a>, <a href="/facts/Air_Force_Research_Laboratory/QGBMMKKa">Air Force Weapons Laboratory</a> Technical Exchange Committee, an organization formed in 1974 to foster the exchange of technical information between the computer centers of three US government laboratories. </p>