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FA

FernmeldeAmt (Telekom)

FAA

Flow Admission Acknowledge [message] (LFAP)

FABS

Fast Access Btree Structure

FAC

Final Assembly Code (IMEI, GSM)

FACCH

Fast Associated Control CHannel (GSM, DCCH)

FACE

Framed Access Command Environment (Unix, SVR4)

FADU

File Access Data Unit (FTAM)

FAG

FernmeldeAnlagenGesetz

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)

FANP

Flow Attribute Notification Protocol (Toshiba, RFC 2129)

FAPI

Family Application Programmer Interface (DOS, VDM, API)

FAQ

Frequently Asked Questions (slang, Usenet)

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 (Video)

FBL

Frame Burst error Length (CD)

FBM

Flexible Buffer Management (QMS)

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 (DFUE)

FCCH

Frequency Correction CHannel (GSM)

FCCN

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

FCFS

First Come, First Served

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)

FCPH

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

FCR

Flow Change Request [message] (LFAP)

FCS

Fast Circuit Switching

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 Cosinus Transformation (DCT)

FDD

Floppy Disk Drive

FDDI

Fiber Distributed Data Interface (ANSI, ISO 8314)

FDDITPPMD

FDDI Twisted Pair-Physical layer, Medium Dependend, "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

FDM

Frequence Division Multiplexing

FDMA

Frequency Division Multiple Access (Mobile Systems)

FDT

Formal Description Technique

FDX

Full DupleX

FE

Forsching und Entwicklung, "F&E"

FE

Functional Entity (IN)

FEA

Functional Entity Action (IN, UNI)

FEAST

Fast Data Encyphering Algorithm (cryptography)

FEBE

Far End Block Error (SONET)

FEC

Forward Error Correction (GSM)

FECN

Forward Explicit Congestion Notification (ATM)

FEFCO

???

FEIT

Fujitsu Enhanced Imaging Technology (Fujitsu)

FEM

Finite Elemente Methode

FEN

Free-net Erlangen/Nuernberg

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.)

FET

Feld-Effekt Transistor

FF

Formular Feed

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 (Wireless LAN)

FIA

Fiberoptic Industry Association (org.)

FIBU

FInanzBUchhaltung

FIC

First International Computer [inc.] (manufacturer)

FIF

Fractal Interchange Format

FIFF

Forum Informatikerinnen Fuer den Frieden (org.)

FIFO

First In First Out (CPU)

FIGLET

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

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

FIPS

Federal Information Processing Standard (NIST, USA)

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

FKS

Fernmelde-Klein-Steckverbindung (Westernstecker)

FL

Fiber optic Link

FLACC

Full Level Algol Checkout Compiler

FLC

Ferroelectric Liquid Crystal

FLEA

Four Letter Extended Acronym

FLEXIP

??? (Novell, Netware), "FLeX/IP"

FLOPS

FLoating point Operations Per Second (CPU)

FLP

Fast Link Pulse (ethernet, LAN, NLP)

FLS

???

FM

Frequenz-Modulation

FMS

FernMeldeSystem

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)

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)

FORMEX

FORMalised EXchange of electronic publications (SGML, Europe)

FORTRAN

FORmula TRANslation

FORTWIHR

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

FORWISS

bayerisches FORschungszentrum fuer WISensbasierte 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"

FOX

Field Operational X.500

FPA

Floating Point Accelerator

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

FPI

Flux Changes per Inch (HDD)

FPI

Functional Process Improvement

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

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

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)

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)

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)

FSCK

File System Consistency checK (Unix)

FSF

Free Software Foundation (org., GNU)

FSK

Frequency Shift Keying (DFUE)

FSM

Finite State Machine

FSMGDOS

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

FSP

File Slurping Protocol

FSS

Fast System Switch (Unix)

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)

FTC

Federal Trade Commission (org., USA)

FTE

[DCOM] For The Enterprise (DCOM, SAG)

FTN

Fido Technology Network (FidoNet)

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 (slang, Usenet, IRC)

FUN

Flow Update Notification [message] (LFAP)

FUNI

Frame User Network Interface

FUEV

Fernmeldeanlagen-UEberwachungsVerordnung

FWIW

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

FXU

FiXed point Unit (POWER, CPU)

FYI

For Your Information (slang, Usenet, IRC)

FZA

??? [compression]

FZI

ForschungsZentrum Informatik (org., Uni Karlsruhe, Germany)

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