MATLAB是矩阵实验室（Matrix　Laboratory）之意。除具备卓越的数值计算能力外，它还提供了专业水平的符号计算，文字处理，可视化建模仿真和实时控制等功能。

-MATLAB is the meaning of the Matrix Laboratory (Matrix Laboratory). In addition to excellent numerical computing power, it also provides a professional level of symbolic computation, word processing, visualization, modeling and simulation, and real-time control, and other functions.