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A. F. S. Talyarkhan
Ardeshir Furdorji Sohrabji 'Bobby' Talyarkhan ( died July 13, 1990) was an Indian cricket commentator. Talyarkhan was one of the earliest cricket commentators in India. His radio commentaries played an important role in spreading of the game and making the name of the players throughout the country..
AFS
AFS is a three-letter abbreviation with multiple meanings, as described below: AFS Intercultural Programs, a Student Exchange Program (formerly American Field Service)Common abbreviation for Advanced Financial SolutionsCommon abbreviation for the Andrew file systemAtheneum Flipside, a Student-run fo..
AFSA
AFSA stands for multiple things: The Armed Forces Security Agency, precursor to the United States' National Security Agency.The American Foreign Service Association ..
AFSC
AFSC may stand for any of the following: American Friends Service CommitteeAir Force Specialty CodeAir Force Systems Command ..
AFSGD
AFSGD, a volunteer association in Turkey, was established in 1999. AFSGD is a non-governmental organization. AFSGD's aim The association's aim is to develop volunteerism and the awareness and understanding of volunteer work, to support intercultural understanding and tolerance and to improve the s..
Afshan Azad
Azad as Padma Patil with Rupert Grint as Ron Weasley in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. Afshan Azad (born in 1989) plays Padma Patil in the Harry Potter films. She got the part when casting agents visited her school, and after several auditions, was chosen for the part. She auditioned for..
Afsharid dynasty
Afsharid Dynastry (1723-1735) The Afsharids (Persian: سلسله افشار) were an Iranian dynasty of Turkic origin that ruled Persia in the 18th century and were based in Khorasan. At this time the Persian empire reached its greatest extent since Sassanian Empire. The dynasty was born w..
Afshar experiment
In physics, and more specifically, quantum mechanics, the Afshar experiment is an optical experiment, devised by Shahriar S. Afshar in 2004, that its proponents claim disproves Niels Bohr's principle of complementarity. Since this principle is a central idea of quantum mechanics, the proper inter..
Afsheen Makati
:"I was on an information raid once, back when we were trying to get data on Grand Admiral Makati out of the Boudolayz library..." -Wedge Antilles, p. 32, Vision of the Future Grand Admiral Afsheen Makati was Star Wars Expanded Universe character, a Grand Admiral of the Imperial Starfleet. He was..
Afshin
Afshin (افشین) can refer to: a common Persian man's name, which means "enlightenment".the Persian pop star [link]a title used by the princes of Ushrusana, and in particular:Afshin Khaydar', an Ushrusana prince who became a general in the Abbasid army. He is best known for his particip..
Afshin Ellian
Afshin Ellian (Tehran, Iran, 27 February 1966) is a Dutch professor of law, philosopher, and poet. He's an expert in international criminal law. In 1989, Ellian came to the Netherlands as a political refugee. Having experienced first-hand the totalitarian Islamic theocratic regime of Iran, he wri..
Afshin Peyrovani
Afshin Peyrovani (born 6 February, 1970 in Shiraz) is a retired Iranian football player. He played for a few clubs, most notably Persepolis FC. He played for the Iran national football team and was a participant at the 1998 FIFA World Cup. ..
Afsluitdijk
Afsluitdijk The Afsluitdijk (Closure-dike) is a major dam in the Netherlands, constructed between 1927 and 1933 and running from Den Oever on Wieringen in North Holland province, to the village of Zurich (mun. Wûnseradiel) in Friesland province, over a length of 32 km and a width of 90 m, at ..
AFSR
AFSR also stands for the Argonne Fast Source Reactor [link] -- see list of nuclear reactors. An analog feedback shift register (AFSR) is a generalization of the (binary, digital) linear feedback shift register (LFSR). While binary LFSRs require less power to generate spread-spectrum sig..
AFSSI-5020
AFSSI-5020 is the USAF Cryptologic Support Center's version of the DOD 5220.22-M purging standard. This deletion method first overwrites the target data area with the fixed value (0x00), then with the fixed value (0xff), and then with a randomly selected constant. Finally, at least 10% of the drive..
AFS Intercultural Programs
AFS was established in 1915 by A. Piatt Andrew, a political economics professor at Harvard University and a former U.S. Assistant Secretary of the Treasury as the American Field Service. Started as a volunteer ambulance corps in 1914, it has evolved into an international youth exchange organizatio..
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