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Aviation and the military
- First Flight AirportFirst Flight AirportFirst Flight Airport is a general aviation airport located in Kill Devil Hills, a town in Dare County, North Carolina, United States. The airport itself is famous for being the site of hundreds of pre-flight gliding experiments carried out by the Wright brothers...
, IATA code for the tiny airstrip in Kitty Hawk where the first flight occurred in 1903. - Free-fire areaFree-fire zoneA free-fire zone in U.S. military parlance is a fire control measure, used for coordination between adjacent combat units. The definition used in the Vietnam war by US troops may be found in field manual FM 6-20:- Free-fire zones in the Vietnam War :...
, in U.S. military parlance, a fire-control measure. - Flug- und Fahrzeugwerke AltenrheinFlug- und Fahrzeugwerke AltenrheinFlug- und Fahrzeugwerke Altenrhein AG was a Swiss aircraft and railroad car manufacturing company based at Altenrhein. It was originally part of Dornier Flugzeugwerke, but was split off in 1948...
, a Swiss aircraft and railway vehicle manufacturer. - Forces françaises en Allemagne, the French Forces in West GermanyWest GermanyWest Germany is the common English, but not official, name for the Federal Republic of Germany or FRG in the period between its creation in May 1949 to German reunification on 3 October 1990....
- Feldflieger AbteilungFeldflieger AbteilungFeldflieger Abteilung or Field Flying Companies were the pioneering field aviation units of the Luftstreitkräfte in World War I.-Composition:...
, field aviation units of the (German air service) in World War IWorld War IWorld War I , which was predominantly called the World War or the Great War from its occurrence until 1939, and the First World War or World War I thereafter, was a major war centred in Europe that began on 28 July 1914 and lasted until 11 November 1918...
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Business
- Forward Freight AgreementForward freight agreementA forward freight agreement is a financial forward contract that allows ship owners, charterers and speculators to hedge against the volatility of freight rates. It gives the contract owner the right to buy and sell the price of freight for future dates...
, seller agrees to pay for freight and bill buyer at a previously agreed price. - Full Freight Allowed, seller pays freight to destination (see equivalent Incoterm "Free Alongside Ship" (FAS))
- Finder's feeFinder's feeIn the United States, a finder's fee is the compensation given to an intermediary in a business transaction. Usually, there is a causal relationship between the one party and the intermediary , another relationship between the finder and the second party, and the two parties of the transaction...
Agreement, a type of intermediary agreement. - Field Force AutomationField Force AutomationField force automation refers to the use of technology to capture field sales or service information in real time. This involves use of technology, typically handheld PDAs, wireless devices, tablet PCs or mobile phones to capture data...
, he use of technology to capture field sales or service information in real time
Games and sports
- Final Fantasy AdventureFinal Fantasy AdventureFinal Fantasy Adventure, known as Mystic Quest in Europe and as in Japan, is a Final Fantasy spinoff and the first game in the Mana series. Published by Square in 1991 on the original Game Boy, it later saw a North American re-release by Sunsoft in April 1998...
, Game Boy game that is actually part of the "Mana" series - Final Fantasy Anthology, a computer role-playing game compilation
- First free ascentFirst ascentIn climbing, a first ascent is the first successful, documented attainment of the top of a mountain, or the first to follow a particular climbing route...
, in climbing, a free ascent made using equipment for protection only - Free for AllDeathmatch (gaming)Deathmatch or Player vs All is a widely-used gameplay mode integrated into many shooter and real-time strategy computer games...
, Term used to describe a style of game play where there aren't any teams.
Fisheries
- Pacific Islands Forum Fisheries Agency, see Council of Regional Organisations in the PacificCouncil of Regional Organisations in the PacificThe Council of Regional Organisations in the Pacific is an inter-organisational consultative process which aims to prevent either overlaps, or gaps, appearing between the work-programmes of its various members....
, a regional organisation to build national capacity and regional solidarity to manage Pacific tuna resources. - Future Fish Association
Finance
- FFA Private BankFFA Private BankFFA Private Bank is a financial services provider in Beirut, Lebanon specializing in the fields of Capital Markets and Wealth Management.Founded in 1994 as a Financial Brokerage House by Jean Riachi, FFA was granted a banking license in 2007 by Lebanon's Central Bank .The Bank also operates from...
- Fellow of the Faculty of ActuariesFaculty of ActuariesThe Faculty of Actuaries in Scotland was the professional body representing actuaries in Scotland. The Faculty of Actuaries was one of two actuarial bodies in the UK, the other was the Institute of Actuaries, which was a separate body in England, Wales and Northern Ireland...
- Fellow member of the Institute of Financial AccountantsInstitute of Financial AccountantsThe Institute of Financial Accountants is a professional body representing financial accountants in the United Kingdom as well as abroad....
- Forward-forward agreementForward-forward agreementIn business and contract law, a future-forward agreement is a form of forward rate agreement in which party A agrees to lend party B the m1 amount of money, at future time t1. In return, B will pay to A a larger monetary amount m2 at time t2 > t1...
, a type of financial agreement. - Free File AllianceFree File AllianceThe Free File Alliance is a group of tax preparation companies that have partnered with the Internal Revenue Service to provide free electronic tax filing services to U.S tax payers meeting certain guidelines...
, a public-private partnership between the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and tax software companies like Intuit.
Science and computing
- Fusiform face areaFusiform face areaThe fusiform face area is a part of the human visual system which might be specialized for facial recognition, although there is some evidence that it also processes categorical information about other objects, particularly familiar ones.-Localization:...
, a brain region which specializes in facial recognition. - Fast folding algorithmFast Folding AlgorithmIn signal processing, the fast folding algorithm is an efficient algorithm for the detection of approximately-periodic events within time series data. It computes superpositions of the signal modulo various window sizes simultaneously....
, a signal processing algorithm - Ford–Fulkerson algorithm, a max flow algorithm
- Free fatty acid, in chemistry, a fatty acid unattached to other molecules.
- Free-for-all websiteMethods of website linkingThis article pertains to methods of hyperlinking to/of different websites, often used in regard to search engine optimization . Many techniques and special terminology about linking are described below.-Reciprocal link:...
, a Web page that consists of a long list of Web sites, and allows anyone to add their own Web site (with a description) to the list. - Finite field arithmeticFinite field arithmeticArithmetic in a finite field is different from standard integer arithmetic. There are a limited number of elements in the finite field; all operations performed in the finite field result in an element within that field....
, a special branch of mathematics.
Sport organizations
- Football Federation AustraliaFootball Federation AustraliaFootball Federation Australia is the governing body for the sport of football in Australia. Before 1 January 2005, it was known as the Australian Soccer Association , which succeeded Soccer Australia in this role in 2003...
, the governing body of association football in Australia - Football Federation of ArmeniaFootball Federation of ArmeniaThe Football Federation of Armenia is the governing body of football in Armenia. It organizes the football league, Armenian Premier League, Armenian national football team, and the Armenia women's national football team. It is based in Yerevan....
, the governing body of association football in Armenia
Others
- Food for AnimalsFood For AnimalsFood for Animals is a band formed near Washington, D.C.. The group features Vulture Voltaire , Ricky Rabbit , Dr. Dan , and HY . Their music is generally categorized as indie hip hop and subcategorized as noise music...
, an American hip-hop group - Ferrara Fire ApparatusFerrara Fire ApparatusFerrara Fire Apparatus, Inc. is an American manufacturer of emergency service equipment, primarily fire engines, based in Holden, Louisiana, founded by Chris Ferrara. The facility was built by Firmin Construction Corporation...
, a builder of fire trucks and other emergency vehicles - The National FFA OrganizationNational FFA OrganizationThe National FFA Organization is an American youth organization known as a Career and Technical Student Organization, based on middle and high school classes that promote and support agricultural education...
, an American youth organization previously known as "Future Farmers of America" and centered around agricultural pursuits, but now known by its initials. - Female Fat AdmirerFat fetishismFat fetishism is the strong or exclusive sexual attraction to overweight or obese people.As well as traditional attraction, the topic also incorporates feederism and gaining, where sexual gratification is obtained via the process of gaining body fat...
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