MATLAB名字由MATrix和 LABoratory 两词的前三个字母组合而成。那是20世纪七十年代后期的事：时任美国新墨西哥大学计算机科学系主任的Cleve Moler教授出于减轻学生编程负担的动机，为学生设计了一组调用LINPACK和EISPACK库程序的“通俗易用”的接口，此即用FORTRAN编写的萌芽状态的MATLAB。
MATLAB name from MATrix LABoratory two words and three letters of combinations. It was the 20th century in the late 1970s things : at the State University of New Mexico, chairman of the computer science professor Cleve Moler programming for students to alleviate the burden of motivation for the students designed a group called LINPACK He and procedures for the "popular and easy to use" interface, namely using FORTRAN preparation of the bud MATLAB. (2005-05-04, matlab, 625KB, 下载10次)