What is matlab?

[safwan]

please explain what is matlab?
what does it related to?
Please explain in layman language give example also.

[Munguti]

MATLAB® is a high-level language and interactive environment that enables you to perform computationally intensive tasks faster than with traditional programming languages such as C, C++, and Fortran
MATLAB - The Language Of Technical Computing

[Joe Darren]

Edit a picture using matlab programming

Use imread() to load the image into MATLAB. The image is now a matrix and you can manipulate it in any way you want, including changing its size and content.

[elektrolikit]

Matlab is mostly like a kind of giant intelligent calculator.
If you have a little programming skills you can create the real magic with matlab.

How?

image and video analyses
dsp applications
communication applications
artificial intelligence and neural networks
higher math works


actually real trick is not programming.
real trick is your point of view.Matlab has different toolboxes for different purposes.
You should use the help menu to discover them so that you can learn spesific commands and use the strong of the internet search.

There are tons of tutorials for different applications over the net.

Matlab is an awsome toy.
Play with it!