Source : Free On-Line Dictionary of Computing

High Performance Fortran
     
         (HPF) A {data parallel} language extension to
        {Fortran 90} which provides a portable programming interface
        for a wide variety of target {platforms}.  The original HPF
        language specification was produced by the High Performance
        Fortran Forum, a broad consortium of industry and academia,
        which met regularly throughout 1992 and early 1993.  HPF
        {compilers} are now available on most commonly-used computing
        systems, and users are beginning to gain first hand experience
        with this language.  The Forum has continued to meet in order
        to address advanced topics.
     
        {HPF+ at Vienna (http://www.par.univie.ac.at/hpf+/)}.
     
        ["High Performance Fortran: Status Report", G.L. Steele Jr
        , SIGPLAN Notices 28(1):1-4 (Jan 1993)].
     
        (1996-09-09)