List of acronyms and initialisms: F
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This list contains acronyms, initialisms, and pseudo-blends that begin with the letter F.
For the purposes of this list:
- acronym = an abbreviation pronounced as a series of constituent letters, e.g., SARS = severe acute respiratory syndrome
- initialism = an abbreviation pronounced wholly or partly using the names of its constituent letters, e.g., CD = compact disc
- pseudo-blend = an abbreviation whose extra or omitted letters means that it cannot stand as a true acronym, initialism, or portmanteau (a word formed by combining two or more words).
- (a) = acronym in the example: SARS - (a) Severe acute respiratory syndrome
- (i) = initialism in the example: CD - (i) Compact disc
- (p) = pseudo-blend in the example: UNIFEM - (p) United Nations Development Fund for Women
- (s) = symbol (none of the above, representing and pronounced as something else; for example: MHz - Megahertz)
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FA
- fA - (s) Femtoampere
- FA - (i) Field Artillery - Financial Aid - Football Association (England)
- FAA - (i) Federal Aviation Administration - Financial Aid Administrator - Fleet Air Arm - Functional Area Analysis
- FAAD - (a) Forward Area Air Defence
- FAADEZ - (i) Forward Area Air Defence Engagement Zone
- FAAN - (i) Fellow of the American Academy of Nursing
- FAAQ - (a/i) Frequently Asked and Anticipated Questions (cf. FAQ)
- FAASV - (i) Field Artillery Ammunition Supply Vehicle
- FAC - (i) Forward Air Controller - Front of Allies for Change - Frontal Affinity Chromatography - Full Aperture Calibrator
- FACS - (a) Formal Aspects of Computing Science - Fluorescent-activated cell sorting
- FACTS - (a) Flexible Alternating Current Transmission System
- FAD - (i) Flavin Adenine Dinucleotide
- FADAC - (p) Field Artillery Data Computer
- FAH - (i) Federation of American Hospitals - Fine Arts and Humanities - Foreign Affairs Handbook
- FAM - (i) Foreign Affairs Manual
- FAO - (i) Food and Agriculture Organization
- FAQ - (a/i) Frequently Asked Questions (sometimes pronounced "fak")
- FARC - (a) Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia (Spanish, "Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia")
- FARP - (a) Forward Arming and Refuelling Point / Forward Area Rearm/refuel Point
- FAS - (i) Federation of American Scientists - Fetal Alcohol Syndrome
- FASCAM - (p) Field Artillery Scatterable Mines
- FASD - (i) Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder
- FASEB - (a/i) Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology
- FAT - (a) Field Artillery Tractor - File Allocation Table
- FAVS - (a) Future Armoured Vehicle System
FB
- FBCB2 or FBCB² - (p) Force XXI Battle Command, Brigade-and-Below
- FBCS - (i) Fellow of the British Computer Society
- FBI - (i) Federal Bureau of Investigation
- FBIS - (i) Foreign Broadcast Information Service
- FBR - (i) Fast Breeder Reactor - Foundation for Biomedical Research
FC
- fC - (s) Femtocoulomb
- FC - (i) Fire Control - (s) Funnel Cloud (METAR Code)
- FCA - (i) Fraction of Combat Active forces
- FCC - (i) U.S. Federal Communications Commission
- FCE - (i) First Certificate in English
- FCM - (i) Federation of Canadian Municipalities - Fogarty's Cove Music
- FCO - (i) U.K. Foreign and Commonwealth Office
- FCS - (i) Future Combat System
- FCW - (i) Florida Championship Wrestling
- FCZ - (i) Forward Combat Zone
FD
- FDA - (i) Food and Drug Administration (U.S.)
- FDC - (i) Federal Detention Center (U.S.) - Fire Direction Centre
- FDDI - (i) Fibre Distributed Data Interface
- FDR - (i) Flight Data Recorder - Franklin Delano Roosevelt
FE
- Fe - (s) Iron (Latin Ferrum)
- FE - (i) Fully Exposed (armoured vehicle target, as opposed to Hull-Down)
- FEAST - (a/i) Forum for European-Australian Science and Technology Cooperation
- FEBA - (a) Forward Edge of the Battle Area
- fec. - (p) fecit (Latin, "he made it")
- FED - (a/i) Field emission display
- FEDEP - (p) Federation Development Process (Simulation)
- FEF - (i) Frontal Eye Field (neurophysiology)
- FEMA - (a/i) U.S. Federal Emergency Management Agency
- FEP - (i) Firepower Enhancement Program - Fleet satellite (FLTSAT) Extremely high frequency (EHF) Package
- FES - (i) Flywheel Energy Storage
- FET - (a) Field-Effect Transistor
- FEZ - (a/i) Fighter Engagement Zone
FF
- fF - (s) Femtofarad
- FF - (i) Final Fantasy
- FFA - (i) Free-Fire Area
- FFE - (i) Fukuoka Futures Exchange
- FFOV - (i) Forward Field Of View
- FFS - (i) For Fucks Sake
- FFT (i) Fast Fourier Transform - Final Fantasy Tactics
FG
- fg - (s) Femtogram
- FG - (s) Fog (METAR Code) - French Guiana (FIPS 10-4 territory code)
FH
- fH - (s) Femtohenry
- FHI - (i) Fuji Heavy Industries, Ltd. - (i) Family Health International
FI
- FI - (s) Finland (ISO 3166 digram; FIPS 10-4 country code)
- FIA - (a) Fédération internationale de l'automobile (French "International Automobile Federation")
- FIAT - (a) Fabbrica Italiana Automobili Torino (Italian "Italian Car Factory of Turin")
- FIB - (a) F*ing Illinois Bastard (Wisconsin slang, variants exist)
- FIBA - (a/i) Fédération Internationale de Basketball Amateur (French, "International Amateur Basketball Federation"). In 1989, the organization dropped "Amateur" from its official name, becoming Fédération Internationale de Basketball, but retained the FIBA initialism.
- FIC - (i) Fellowship for Intentional Community
- FID - (i) Foreign Internal Defence
- FIDÉ - (a) Fédération internationale des échecs (French "World Chess Federation")
- FIE - (i) Fly-In Echelon
- FIFA - (a) Fédération internationale de football association (French "International Association Football Federation")
- FIFe - (a) Fédération internationale féline (French "International Feline Federation")
- FIFO - (a) First In, First Out
- FILO - (a) First In, Last Out (see also LIFO)
- FIN - (s) Finland (ISO 3166 trigram)
- FINA - (p) Fédération internationale de natation (French, "International Swimming Federation")
- FISA - (a) Fédération Internationale des Sociétés d'Aviron (French, "International Federation of Rowing Associations")
- FIPS - (a) Federal Information Processing Standard
- FIR - (i) Final Inspection Report
- FIS - (a/i) Fédération internationale de ski (French "International Ski Federation")
- FiST - (p) Fire Support Team
- FITS - (a) Flexible Image Transport System
- FIU - (i) Florida International University
FJ
- fJ - (s) Femtojoule
- FJ - (s) Fiji (ISO 3166 digram; FIPS 10-4 country code)
- FJI - (s) Fiji (ISO 3166 trigram)
FK
- fK - (s) Femtokelvin
- FK - (s) Falkland Islands (ISO 3166 digram; FIPS 10-4 territory code)
- f.k.a. or F/K/A - (i) Formerly Known As
- FKSM - (i) Fort Knox Supplemental Manual
FL
- fl - (p) floruit (Latin, "living") (genealogy)
- fL - (s) Femtolitre
- FL - (s) Florida (postal symbol)
- FLA - (p) Florida - (i) Front Line Assembly - Future Large Aircraft
- FLAC - (a/i) Free Lossless Audio Codec.
- FLAK - (p) FLugAbwehrKanone (German for "Anti-Aicraft Guns")
- FLB - (i) Forward Logistics Base
- FLET - (a/i) Forward Line of Enemy Troops
- FLIP - (p) Flight Information Publication
- FLIR - (i) Forward Looking InfraRed (sensor)
- FLK - (s) Falkland Islands (ISO 3166 trigram) - (i) Funny-Looking Kid (medical diagnosis in-joke)
- FLOT - (a/i) Forward Line of Own Troops
- FLQ - (i) Front de libération du Québec (French for "Québec Liberation Front")
- FLTSAT - (p) Fleet Satellite
- FLTSATCOM - (p) Fleet Satellite Communication System
- FLUBOS - (a) Fat, Lazy, Useless, Bag Of Sh*t
FM
- fm - (s) Femtometre
- Fm - (s) Fermium
- FM - (i) Federal Magistrate - title of member of Australian Federal Magistrates Court - (s) Federated States of Micronesia (postal symbol; ISO 3166 digram; FIPS 10-4 territory code) - (i) Field Manual - Flight Manager - Frequency Modulation (electronics)
- FMC - (i) Federal Magistrates Court of Australia - an Australian federal court (formerly FMS)
- FMCA - (i) Federal Magistrates Court Australia - abbreviation used for citing decisions of the FMC (other than family law decisions)
- FMCAfam - (i) Federal Magistrates Court Australia: family - abbreviation used for citing family law decisions of the FMC
- FME - (i) Formal Methods Europe
- FMECA - (i) Failure Modes and Effect Criticality Analysis
- fMRI - (i) Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging
- FMS - (i) Federal Magistrates Service - an Australian federal court (now see FMC) - (i) Flight Management System - Foreign Military Sales
- FMSF - (i) False Memory Syndrome Foundation
- FMTV - (i) Family of Medium Tactical Vehicles
FN
FO
- FO - (s) Faroe Islands (ISO 3166 digram; FIPS 10-4 territory code) - (i) Force Operations (military) - Forward Observer - Frame Optional (military symbology)
- FoB - (i) Free On Board (shipping)
- FOC - (i) Full Operational Capability
- FOH - (a) Front Of House
- FOIA - (a) Freedom of Information Act
- FOM - (a) Federation Object Model
- FONSI - (a) Finding of No Significant Impact
- FOR - (i) Field Of Regard - Frame Of Reference
- Fortran - (p) Formula Translator (programming language)
- FOS - (i) Full Operational Status
- FoS - (i) Family of Systems
- FOUO – (i) For Official Use Only
- FOV - (i) Field Of View
FP
- FP - (s) French Polynesia (FIPS 10-4 territory code)
- FPF - (i) Final Protective Fire
- fps - (s) frames per second (motion pictures, television, computer graphics)
- FPS - (i) Fire Prevention System - First Person Shooter (computer/video games)
FQ
- FQ - (s) Baker Island (FIPS 10-4 territory code) - French Southern and Antarctic Territories (ISO 3166 digram; obsolete 1979)
- FQDN - (i) Fully Qualified Domain Name
FR
- Fr - (s) Francium
- FR - (s) France (FIPS 10-4 country code; ISO 3166 digram)
- FRA - (s) France (ISO 3166 trigram); (i) Federal Railroad Administration
- FRAGO - (p) Fragmentary Order (military)
- FRCP - (i) Federal Rules of Civil Procedure
- FRICBM - (i) Full Range ICBM
- FRO - (s) Faroe Islands (ISO 3166 trigram)
- FRS - (i) Fellow of the Royal Society
- FRSA - (i) Fellow of the Royal Society of Art
- FRY - (i) Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
FS
- fs - (s) Femtosecond
- fS - (s) Femtosiemens
- FS - Fire Support (military) - (s) French Southern and Antarctic Territories (FIPS 10-4 territory code)
- FSA - (i) Fire Support Area - Functional Solution Analysis
- FSB - (i) Forward Support Battalion; Federalnaya Sluzhba Bezopasnosti (Federal Security Service - Russia)
- FSC - (i) Federal Supply Classification - (a) Forest Stewardship Council (ecological pressure group)
- FSCL - (i) Fire Support Co-ordination Line
- FSE - (i) Fire Support Element
- F&SF - (i) (The Magazine of) Fantasy & Science Fiction
- FSF - (i) Free Software Foundation
- FSI - (i) Fuel Stratified Injection
- FSM - (s) Federated States of Micronesia (ISO 3166 trigram)
- FSO - (i) Fire Support Officer - Flotilla Staff Officer - Foreign Service Officer
- FSS - (i) Fire Support Station
- FSSP - (i) Families of structurally similar proteins
- FST - (i) Finance Support Team - Finlands Svenska Television (Finland's Swedish-language television) - Future Soviet Tank (Cold War era)
- FSTC - (i) Foreign Science Technology Center (now NGIC)
- FSV - (i) Fire Support Vehicle - Fisheries Survey Vessel - Flexible Sender Validation - Fort St. Vrain - Fußball und Sportverein (German "Football and Sport Association", as in FSV Mainz)
FT
- fT - (s) Femtotesla
- FTC - (i) Federal Trade Commission
- FTE - (i) Full Time Equivalent
- FTL - (i) Faster Than Light
- FTP - (i) File Transfer Protocol
- FTSE - (a/i) Financial Times Stock Exchange ("footsie")
FU
- FU - (s) Smoke (METAR Code)
- FUBAR - (a) Fucked/Fouled Up Beyond All Recognition/Repair
- f/u/b/o - (i) For the use and benefit of (found in legal documents)
- FUD - (a) Fear, Uncertainty & Doubt (marketing strategy)
- FUCK - Forced, Unlawful, Carnal, Knowledge (Van Halen album title)
FV
- fV - (s) Femtovolt
FW
- fW - (s) Femtowatt
- FW - (s) Forward
- F/W - (i) Fixed Wing
- FWF - (i) Fixed Word Format
- FWI - (i) French West Indies
- FWIW - (i) For What It's Worth
- FWT - (i) Fresh Water Tank
FX
- FX - (s) Metropolitan France (ISO 3166 digram; obsolete 1997)
- FXX - (s) Metropolitan France (ISO 3166 trigram; obsolete 1997)
FY
- FY - (i) Fiscal Year - (s) Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (NATO country code)
- FYDP - (i) Five-Year Defense Plan (U.S.)
- FYI - (i) For Your Information
- FYROM - (a) Former Yugoslav Republic Of Macedonia
FZ
- FZDZ - (s) Freezing Drizzle (METAR Code)
- FZFG - (s) Freezing Fog (METAR Code)
- FZRA - (s) Freezing Rain (METAR Code)
See also
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