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The BLAS (Basic Linear Algebra Subprograms) are high quality "building
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block" routines for performing basic vector and matrix operations. Level 1
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BLAS do vector-vector operations, Level 2 BLAS do matrix-vector operations,
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and Level 3 BLAS do matrix-matrix operations. Because the BLAS are
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efficient, portable, and widely available, they're commonly used in the
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development of high quality linear algebra software, LINPACK and LAPACK for
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example.
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A Fortran77 reference implementation of the BLAS is located in the blas
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directory of Netlib.
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