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Encyclopedia
Computing
- Entity FrameworkADO.NET Entity FrameworkADO.NET Entity Framework is an object-relational mapping framework for the .NET Framework.-Overview:ADO.NET Entity Framework abstracts the relational schema of the data that is stored in a database and presents its conceptual schema to the application...
, an object-relational mapping (ORM) framework for the .NET Framework.
Culture
- Ef (band)Ef (band)Ef is a post-rock band from Gothenburg, Sweden. Using little vocals, they feature a wide variety of instruments. Their debut album Give me beauty... Or give me death! was released in May 2006...
, a post-rock band from Sweden - Ef: A Fairy Tale of the Two.Ef: A Fairy Tale of the Two.Ef: A Fairy Tale of the Two is the overall title of a two-part Japanese adult visual novel series by Minori for the PC as a DVD. The first game in the series, Ef: The First Tale, was released on December 22, 2006, and the second game, Ef: The Latter Tale, was released on May 30, 2008...
, a Japanese adult visual novel series by Minori, or its anime adaptations.
Linguistics
- Ef (Cyrillic) (Ф, ф), a letter in the Cyrillic alphabet
- A common misspelling of the Latin letter FFF is the sixth letter in the basic modern Latin alphabet.-History:The origin of ⟨f⟩ is the Semitic letter vâv that represented a sound like or . Graphically, it originally probably depicted either a hook or a club...
(effEFFEFF may refer to:* The Effective Federal funds rate* Electronic Frontier Foundation, a U.S. non-profit advocacy group* Elf Fantasy Fair, a fantasy event in the Netherlands* Economic Freedom Fund, a U.S. political organization* Equipped for the Future, a U.S...
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Science
- Fermi energyFermi energyThe Fermi energy is a concept in quantum mechanics usually referring to the energy of the highest occupied quantum state in a system of fermions at absolute zero temperature....
(EF) - Ejection fractionEjection fractionIn cardiovascular physiology, ejection fraction is the fraction of Blood pumped out of the Right Ventricle of the heart to the Pulmonary Circulation and Left Ventricle of the heart to the Systemic Circulation with each Heart beat or Cardiac cycle...
, in cardiovascular physiology - Electric fieldElectric fieldIn physics, an electric field surrounds electrically charged particles and time-varying magnetic fields. The electric field depicts the force exerted on other electrically charged objects by the electrically charged particle the field is surrounding...
, in physics - Elongation factorElongation factorElongation factors are a set of proteins that facilitate the events of translational elongation, the steps in protein synthesis from the formation of the first peptide bond to the formation of the last one.Elongation is the most rapid step in translation:...
s, proteins that are important in protein synthesis - Enhanced Fujita ScaleEnhanced Fujita ScaleThe Enhanced Fujita Scale rates the strength of tornadoes in the United States based on the damage they cause.Implemented in place of the Fujita scale introduced in 1971 by Ted Fujita, it began operational use on February 1, 2007. The scale has the same basic design as the original Fujita scale:...
(EF Scale) rates the strength of tornadoes in the US based on the observed damages - Exafarad, an SI unit of electric capacitance
Other
- The IATA code for Far Eastern Air TransportFar Eastern Air TransportFar Eastern Air Transport is an airline based in Taipei, Taiwan. Established in 1957, it operated domestic services from Taipei and Kaohsiung to five regional cities and international services to Southeast Asia, South Korea and Palau. Its main base was Taipei Songshan Airport...
- Earth First!Earth First!Earth First! is a radical environmental advocacy group that emerged in the Southwestern United States in 1979. It was co-founded on April 4th, 1980 by Dave Foreman, Mike Roselle, Howie Wolke, and less directly, Bart Koehler and Ron Kezar....
movement, in environmentalism - EF Education FirstEF Education FirstEF Education First is an international education company that specializes in language training, educational travel, academic degree programs and cultural exchange. The company was founded in 1965 by Bertil Hult, in the Swedish university town of Lund under the name Europeiska Ferieskolan...
an international education organization - EF lens mount, Canon's auto-focus lens mount
- The Elias Fund, a non-profit organization
- Enhanced Fujita ScaleEnhanced Fujita ScaleThe Enhanced Fujita Scale rates the strength of tornadoes in the United States based on the damage they cause.Implemented in place of the Fujita scale introduced in 1971 by Ted Fujita, it began operational use on February 1, 2007. The scale has the same basic design as the original Fujita scale:...
, an improved version of the Fujita Scale used to rate tornadoes - EurofurenceEurofurenceEurofurence is a furry convention held in changing places in Europe every year. It was originally started in 1995 as a private gathering by nineteen European furry fans who met on the Internet. Attendance has been steadily rising since then, to 1066 at Eurofurence 17 , making it the largest furry...
, a European furry convention - Ecological footprintEcological footprintThe ecological footprint is a measure of human demand on the Earth's ecosystems. It is a standardized measure of demand for natural capital that may be contrasted with the planet's ecological capacity to regenerate. It represents the amount of biologically productive land and sea area necessary to...
, the measure of the demand the population has on the environment - Ice cap climateIce cap climateAn ice cap climate is a polar climate where the temperature never or almost never exceeds . The climate covers the areas around the poles, such as Antarctica and Greenland, as well as the highest mountaintops. Such areas are covered by a permanent layer of ice and have no vegetation, but they do...
, which is abbreviated to EF in the Köppen climate classification