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F2C

FORTRAN to C [converter]

F2F

Frequency - Double Frequency

FA

FernmeldeAmt (Telekom)

FAA

Flow Admission Acknowledge [message] (LFAP)

FABS

Fast Access Btree Structure

FAC

Final Assembly Code (IMEI, GSM, mobile-systems)

FACCH

Fast Associated Control CHannel (GSM, DCCH, mobile-systems)

FACE

Framed Access Command Environment (Unix, SVR4)

FACS

Firmware ACPI Control Structure (ACPI)

FADOS

Fast Amsterdam Distributed (???) Operating System (OS, FAMP)

FADT

Fixed ACPI Description Table (ACPI)

FADU

File Access Data Unit (FTAM)

FAE

Field Application Engineer

FAG

FernmeldeAnlagenGesetz telecommunication, Germany

FAIS

Finnish Artificial Intelligence Society (org., Finland, AI)

FAL

File Access Listener (DEC, DNA)

FAME

FORMEX Applied to Multilingualism in Europe (SGML, Europe)

FAMOS

Floating gate Avalanche injection Metal Oxide Semiconductor (IC)

FAMP

Fast Amsterdam MultiProcessor

FANP

Flow Attribute Notification Protocol (Toshiba, RFC 2129)

FAPI

Family Application Programmer Interface (DOS, VDM, API)

FAQ

Frequently Asked Questions (telecommunication-slang, Usenet)

FAR

False Acception Rate

FAR

Fixed Alternative Routing (SNI)

FAR

Flow Admission Request [message] (LFAP)

FARNET

Federation of American Research NETworks (network)

FAS

Flow Admission Service

FASMI

Fast Analysis of Shared Multidimensional Information (OLAP)

FAST

First Application System Test

FAST

Forschungsinstitut fuer Angewandte Software-Technologie [e.v.] (org.)

FAT

File Allocation Table (DOS)

FAU

Flow Admission Update [message] (LFAP)

FAU

Friedrich-Alexander-Universitaet (org., Erlangen, Germany, Nuernberg, Germany)

FAW

Forschungsinstitut fuer Anwendungsorientierte Wissensverarbeitung (org., KI, Ulm)

FB

Fiber optic Backbone

FBAS

FarbBild-AustastSystem / Farb-Bild-Austast-Synchron-signal (video)

FBL

Frame Burst error Length (CD)

FBM

Flexible Buffer Management (QMS)

FBS

Flexible Bandwidth Service (ATM, SDH)

FC

Federal Criteria [for information technology security] (NIST, USA)

FC

Feedback Control

FC

Fibre Channel

FC

Frame Control (FDDI, Token Ring)

FCA

Flow Control Ack (DLSW)

FCAL

Fibre Channel - Arbitrated Loop, "FC-AL"

FCAPS

Fault, Configuration, Accounting, Performance, Security [management areas]

FCB

File Control Block (DOS)

FCBS

File Control BlockS (DOS)

FCC

Federal Communications Commission (org., USA)

FCC

Forward Carbon Copy (telecommunication)

FCCH

Frequency Correction CHannel (GSM, mobile-systems)

FCCN

Fundacao para a Computacao Cientifica Nacional (org., Portugal)

FCD

Floating Car Data

FCFS

First Come, First Served

FCH

Frame Control Channel (HiperLAN/2)

FCI

Fibre Channel Interface

FCI

Flow Control Indicator (DLSW)

FCI

Forward Cache Identifier (CATNIP)

FCO

Flow Control Operator Bits (DLSW)

FCP

[SCSI-3] Fibre Channel Protocol (SAM)

FCPGA

Flip Chip Pin Grid Array (CPU), "FC-PGA"

FCPH

Fibre Channel PHysical and signaling interface (SAM), "FC-PH"

FCR

Flow Change Request [message] (LFAP)

FCS

Fast Circuit Switching

FCS

First Customer Ship (IBM)

FCS

Frame Check Sequence (FDDI, Token Ring)

FCS

Frame Check Sum (MODEM)

FDA

FORTRAN Design Aid (FORTRAN)

FDAD

Functional Data ADministrator

FDC

Floppy Disk Controller (FDD)

FDCT

Fast Discrete Cosine Transformation (DCT)

FDD

Floppy Disk Drive

FDD

Frequency Division Duplex (mobile-systems)

FDDI

Fiber Distributed Data Interface (ANSI, ISO 8314)

FDDITPPMD

FDDI Twisted Pair-Physical layer, Medium Dependent, "FDDI TP-PMD"

FDE

Full Duplex Ethernet (ethernet)

FDES

Full Duplex EtherSwitch (Kalpana)

FDI

[fachverband der ] Fuehrungskraefte der Druckindustrie und Informationsverarbeitung (org.)

FDL

File Definition Language

FDL

Free Documentation License (GNU)

FDM

Frequency Division Multiplexing (FDM)

FDMA

Frequency Division Multiple Access (mobile-systems)

FDO

Functional Device Object

FDT

Formal Description Technique

FDTDMA

Frequency Division/Time Division Multiple Access (mobile-systems, GSM), "FD/TDMA"

FDX

Full DupleX

FE

Forschung und Entwicklung, "F&E"

FE

Functional Entity (IN)

FEA

Functional Entity Action (IN, UNI)

FEAL

Fast Data Encipherment Algorithm (DES, cryptography)

FEAST

Fast Data Enciphering Algorithm (cryptography)

FEBE

Far End Block Error (SONET)

FEC

Forward Error Correction (GSM, mobile-systems)

FECN

Forward Explicit Congestion Notification (ATM)

FEFCO

???

FEIT

Fujitsu Enhanced Imaging Technology (Fujitsu)

FEK

File Encryption Key (cryptography)

FEM

Finite Elemente Methode

FEN

Free-net Erlangen/Nuernberg

FEP

Firewall Enhancement Protocol (RFC 3093)

FEP

Front End Processor

FER

Forward Error Correction (satellite)

FERF

Far End Receive Failure (UNI, ATM, SONET, OAM)

FESI

Federacion Espanola de Sociedades de Informatica (org., Spain)

FET

Field Effect Transistor

FF

Form(ular) Feed

FFAPI

File Format API (MS, API)

FFC

Fully Formed Character [printer]

FFDC

First Failure Data Capture

FFDT

FDDI Full Duplexing Technology (FDDI)

FFOL

FDDI Follow-On-LAN

FFS

Fallback Fault-tolerant Server (IBM, OS/2)

FFS

Fast File System (Amiga, Commodore)

FFS

Fast Filing System (BSD, Unix)

FFS

Flexible Fertigungs-Systeme

FFST2

First Failure Support Technology /2 (IBM), "FFST/2"

FFT

Final Form Text

FGA

Future Graphics Adapter (Spea)

FGCS

Fifth Generation Computer Systems [project] (ICOT)

FGREP

Fixed Global Regular Expression Print (Unix, GREP)

FHGS

FreeHand Graphics Studio (Macromedia, DTP)

FHSS

Frequency Hopping Spread Spectrum (WLAN)

FIA

Fiberoptic Industry Association (org.)

FIB

Forwarding Information Base (router, LAN, Internet)

FIBU

FInanzBUchhaltung

FIC

First International Computer [inc.] (manufacturer)

FID

File IDentifier (APDU)

FID

File Identifier Descriptor (UDF, CD-R)

FIDO

FIlter Device Object, "FiDO"

FIF

Fractal Interchange Format

FIFF

Forum Informatikerinnen Fuer den Frieden (org.)

FIFO

First In First Out (CPU)

FIG

Forth Interest Group (org., Forth)

FIGLET

Frank, Ian and Glenn's LETters (ASCII, fonts)

FILE

Free Internet Lexicon and Encyclopedia (WWW, DICT)

FILO

First In Last Out

FIMAS

Financial Institution Message Authentication Standard (banking, ANSI)

FIOC

Frame Input/Output Controller

FIP

Facility Interface Processor

FIP

Factory Instrumentation Protocol

FIP

Fluorescent Indicator Panel

FIPA

Foundation for Intelligent Physical Agents (org., Agents)

FIPS

Federal Information Processing Standard (NIST, USA)

FIQ

Fast Interrupt reQuest (ARM, RISC)

FIR

Fast IRDA (IRDA)

FIR

Finite Impulse Response (DSP)

FIRE

Flexible Intelligent Routing Engine (3Com)

FIRMR

Federal Information Resources Management Regulations (USA)

FIRP

Federal Internet Requirements Panel (Internet, USA)

FIRST

ForschungsInstitut fuer Rechnerarchitektur und SoftwareTechnik (org., GMD, Berlin, Germany)

FIRST

Forum of Incident Response and SecuriTy (org., NIST)

FIS

FachInformationsSystem

FIS

FuehrungsInformationsSysteme

FIT

Failures In Time

FITS

Functional Interpolating Transformation System

FIU

Fingerprint Identification Unit (Sony)

FIZ

FachInformationsZentrum karlsruhe Org., Germany

FK

Foundation Kit (NextStep, OpenStep, Apple, Rhapsody)

FKS

Fernmelde-Klein-Steckverbindung (Westernstecker)

FL

Fiber optic Link

FLACC

Full Level Algol Checkout Compiler

FLAME

FLexible API for Module-based Environments (RL, API)

FLC

Ferroelectric Liquid Crystal

FLEA

Four Letter Extended Acronym

FLEXIP

FLEXible Internet Protocol (Novell, Netware), "FLeX/IP"

FLIM

Faithful Library about Internet Message (EMACS, GNU)

FLOPS

FLoating-point Operations Per Second (CPU)

FLP

Fast Link Pulse (ethernet, LAN, NLP)

FLS

???

FM

Frequenz-Modulation

FMA

Federated Management Architecture (Java)

FMM

Flash Memory Manager (Intel)

FMS

FernMeldeSystem

FMS

FORTRAN Monitor System (OS, IBM 709)

FMTEYEWTK

Far More Than Everything You Ever Wanted To Know (slang, PERL)

FNC

Federal Networking Council (org., USA)

FO

Fiber Optic

FOA

Fiber Optic Association (org.)

FOC

Fiber Optic Cable / Communications

FOCS

[symposium on] Foundations Of Computer Science (conference)

FOD

Flexible Optical Disk (OD)

FODA

Formal specification of ODA document structures (ODA, ISO)

FODO

[international conference on] Foundations Of Data Organization and algorithms (conference, INRIA)

FOEBUD

[verein zur] Foerderung des OEffentlichen Bewegten und Unbewegten Datenverkehrs [e.v.] (org.), "FoeBud"

FOIRL

Fiber Optic InterRepeater Link (OWG)

FOKUS

Forschungszentrum fuer Offene KommUnikationsSysteme (org., GMD, Berlin, Germany)

FOLDOC

Free OnLine Dictionary Of Computing (WWW, UK)

FOLED

Flexible Organic Light Emitting Display (OLED)

FOMAU

Fiber Optic MAU (ethernet)

FON

Fiber Optics Network

FOOBAR

FTP Operation Over Big Address Records (RFC 1639, FTP)

FOOT

Forum for Object Oriented Technology (CERN, OOP)

FOP

Formatting Object Processor (Apache)

FORMEX

FORMalised EXchange of electronic publications (SGML, Europe)

FORML

Formal Object Role Modelling Language

FORTRAN

FORmula TRANslation

FORTWIHR

FORschungsverbund fuer Technisch-WIssenschaftliches HochleistungsRechnen (org., Bavaria)

FORWISS

bayerisches FORschungszentrum fuer WISsensbasierte Systeme (org., KI)

FOSI

Format Output Specification Instance (SGML, CALS)

FOSSIL

Fido Opus Seadog Standard Interface Layer

FOT

Fiber Optic Transceiver

FOTE

Follow-on Operational Test and Evaluation, "FOT & E"

FOURCC

FOUR Character Code (RIFF, TIFF)

FOV

Field Of View (VRML)

FOX

Field Operational X.500

FPA

Fast Packet Adaption (FPS, FPR)

FPA

Floating Point Accelerator

FPAA

Field Programmable ALU Array (IC, ALU, RL)

FPC

Floating Point Coprocessor

FPDI

Flat Panel Display Interface (VESA)

FPDU

FTAM Protocol Data Unit (PDU)

FPE

Floating Point Engine

FPGA

Field Programmable Gate Array (RL)

FPI

Flux Changes per Inch (HDD)

FPI

Formal Public Identifier (DTD, SGML)

FPI

Functional Process Improvement

FPK

Fast Packet Keying (WLAN, WEP, RSA, cryptography)

FPLA

Field Programmable Logic Array

FPLMTS

Future Public Land Mobile Telecommunications System (IN, mobile-systems)

FPM

Fast Page Mode [DRAM] (RAM, DRAM)

FPM

Fast Page Mode [ram] (RAM, DRAM, IC)

FPMDRAM

Fast Page Mode DRAM (RAM, DRAM, IC), "FPM-DRAM"

FPMPMI

Flat Panel Monitor Physical Mounting Interface [standard] (LCD, VESA)

FPNW

File and Print service for NetWare (MS, Windows NT, DSMN)

FPODA

Fixed Priority Orientated Demand Assignment (MAC, PODA)

FPP

Fast-Parallel-Port

FPP

Floating Point Processor

FPP

FORTRAN Pre-Processor (FORTRAN)

FPP

Full Packaged Product (MS)

FPR

Fast Packet Relay (FPS, FPA)

FPR

Floating Point Register (FPU)

FPS

Fast Packet Switching (X.25, Datex-J)

FPS

Frames Per Second

FPU

Floating Point Unit (CPU)

FQDN

Fully Qualified DOMAIN Name (Internet)

FRAD

Frame Relay Access Device

FRAM

Ferroelectric Random Access Memory (RAM, IC)

FRD

Functional Requirements Description

FRF

Floatingpoint Register File (DEC, Alpha, CPU)

FRICC

Federal Research Internet Coordinating Committee (org.)

FRL

Frame Representation Language (AI)

FRMR

FRaMe Reject (HDLC, LAPB, SDLC)

FROM

Factory Read Only Memory (ROM)

FRR

False Rejection Rate

FRR

Functional Recovery Routine

FRS

Flexible Route Selection

FRS

Frame Relay Service (ATM, UNI)

FS

File System (LVM)

FS

Frame Status (FDDI, Token Ring)

FSAG

Free Software Association of Germany (org.)

FSB

For Small Business (Novell)

FSB

Front Side Bus

FSC

Fujitsu Siemens Computer (manufacturer)

FSCK

File System Consistency checK (Unix)

FSD

File System Driver

FSF

Free Software Foundation (org., GNU)

FSH

File System Hierarchy (Linux, LSB)

FSIP

Full Scale InPut (FSOP)

FSK

Frequency Shift Keying (telecommunication)

FSM

Finite State Machine (TTCN, ...)

FSM

Freiwillige Selbstkontrolle Multimedia Org., Germany

FSMGDOS

??? Graphics Device Operating System (OS, Atari)

FSO

[scripting runtime library] File System Objects (MS, WSH)

FSOP

Full Scale OutPut (FSIP)

FSOS

Free Standing Operating System (OS)

FSP

File Slurping Protocol

FSRTL

File System RunTime Library

FSS

Fast System Switch (Unix)

FSSUTF

FileSystem Safe UCS Transformation Format (UCS, Unicode), "FSS-UTF"

FST

Flat Square Technology (Hitachi)

FSTN

Film SuperTwisted Nematic (LCD)

FSTP

Foiled Shielded Twisted Pair [cable] (STP, TP), "F/STP"

FSU

Free Software Union (org.)

FT1

Fractional T1 (ISDN, T1, DS-0, DS-1)

FTA

Floptical Technology Association (3M u.a.)

FTAM

File Transfer, Access and Management (GOSIP, ISO 8571/8572)

FTBFS

Fails To Build From Source (Linux, Debian, slang)

FTC

Federal Trade Commission (org., USA)

FTE

[DCOM] For The Enterprise (DCOM, SAG)

FTN

Fido Technology Network (FidoNet)

FTNA

File Transfer Access and Management

FTNEA

File Transfer NEtwork Architecure (SNI)

FTOS

File Transfer Open Systems

FTOS

File Transfer OSI Support

FTP

File Transfer Protocol (Internet, RFC 959)

FTP

Foiled Twisted Pair [cable] (UTP, TP)

FTPD

File Transfer Protocol DAEMON (FTP)

FTR

Full Text Retrieval

FTS

Fidonet Technical Standard

FTS2000

Federal Telecommunications Services - 2000 (USA), "FTS-2000"

FTSC

Federal Telecommunications Standards Committee (org., USA)

FTSC

Fidonet Technical Standard Conference (conference)

FTZ

FernmeldeTechnische Zentralamt / Zulassung (Telekom, ZZF, predecessor)

FUA

Flow Update Acknowledge [message] (LFAP)

FUB

Freie Universitaet Berlin (org.)

FUBAB

Fouled / Fucked Up Beyond All Belief (slang, Usenet, IRC)

FUBAR

Fouled / Fucked Up Beyond All Recognition / Repair (telecommunication-slang, Usenet, IRC)

FUD

Fear, Uncertainty, & Doubt (slang, IBM)

FUN

Flow Update Notification [message] (LFAP)

FUNI

Frame User Network Interface

FUEV

Fernmeldeanlagen-UeberwachungsVerordnung

FWH

FirmWare Hub (BIOS, Intel)

FWIW

For What It's Worth (telecommunication-slang, Usenet, IRC)

FWT

Fast Wavelet Transformation

FXU

FiXed point Unit (POWER, CPU)

FYI

For Your Information (telecommunication-slang, Usenet, IRC)

FZA

??? [compression]

FZI

ForschungsZentrum Informatik (org., Uni Karlsruhe, Germany)