sift

v 1: move as if through a sieve; "The soliders sifted through the

woods"

2: separate by sifting, as of flour; also used for information

[syn: {sieve}, {strain}]

SIFT

SHARE Internal Fortran Translator. Translation utility

designed for converting Fortran II to Fortran IV. The word

"sift" was often used as a verb to describe converting code

from one language to another. Sammet 1969, p.153.