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Vif
- VIF Internet, an Internet service provider in Montreal
- VifVif, IsèreVif is a commune in the Isère department in south-eastern France....
, a commune of the IsèreIsèreIsère is a department in the Rhône-Alpes region in the east of France named after the river Isère.- History :Isère is one of the original 83 departments created during the French Revolution on March 4, 1790. It was created from part of the former province of Dauphiné...
département in FranceFranceThe French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
VIF (abbreviation)
- Valency interaction formulaValency interaction formulaThe Valency Interaction Formula, or VIF provides a way of drawing or interpreting the molecular structural formula based on molecular orbital theory. Valency Points, VP, dots drawn on a page, represent valence orbitals...
, a method for drawing molecular structural formulas - Variance inflation factorVariance inflation factorIn statistics, the variance inflation factor quantifies the severity of multicollinearity in an ordinary least squares regression analysis...
, a measure of collinearity in statistical regression models - Very Important Friend, an affectionate term
- Visiting International Faculty Program, a company, based in North CarolinaNorth CarolinaNorth Carolina is a state located in the southeastern United States. The state borders South Carolina and Georgia to the south, Tennessee to the west and Virginia to the north. North Carolina contains 100 counties. Its capital is Raleigh, and its largest city is Charlotte...
, USA, that sponsors international teachers to teach in the USA. - Value of in-forceValue of In-ForceIn life insurance, value of in-force is the present value of the profits that will emerge from a block of life insurance policies over time.The value of in-force business is the present value of expected future earnings on in-force business less the present value cost of holding capital required to...
, a life insurance term - Variance inflation factorVariance inflation factorIn statistics, the variance inflation factor quantifies the severity of multicollinearity in an ordinary least squares regression analysis...
, a statistical term - "Virtual InterfaceVirtual InterfaceA Virtual Interface or Virtual Network Interface is an abstract virtualized representation of a computer network interface that may or may not correspond directly to a physical network interface....
", a networking term - Viral infectivity factorViral infectivity factorViral infectivity factor, or Vif, is a protein found in HIV and other retroviruses. Its role is to disrupt the antiviral activity of the human enzyme APOBEC by targeting it for ubiquitination and cellular degradation. APOBEC is a cytidine deaminase enzyme that mutates viral nucleic acids.Vif is a...
of retrovirusRetrovirusA retrovirus is an RNA virus that is duplicated in a host cell using the reverse transcriptase enzyme to produce DNA from its RNA genome. The DNA is then incorporated into the host's genome by an integrase enzyme. The virus thereafter replicates as part of the host cell's DNA...
es, specifically used in the context of HIVHIVHuman immunodeficiency virus is a lentivirus that causes acquired immunodeficiency syndrome , a condition in humans in which progressive failure of the immune system allows life-threatening opportunistic infections and cancers to thrive... - "Vector Unit InterFace" on PlayStation 2PlayStation 2The PlayStation 2 is a sixth-generation video game console manufactured by Sony as part of the PlayStation series. Its development was announced in March 1999 and it was first released on March 4, 2000, in Japan...
- "Verify in fieldVerify in fieldVerify in field is a construction document notation indicating that the dimensions on a drawing require additional verification on the actual site or field. This is commonly shown on drawings as "VIF"...
", a construction documentation term - Vignerons indépendants de FranceVignerons indépendants de FranceThe Vignerons indépendants de France is a viticultural trade association based in Paris that promotes and assists small and independent winemakers within France, similar to the British Society of Independent Brewers. Members may use the association's logo on their products...
, an organisation that assists independent winemakerWinemakerA winemaker or vintner is a person engaged in winemaking. They are generally employed by wineries or wine companies, where their work includes:*Cooperating with viticulturists...
s in FranceFranceThe French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
. - Vålerenga Fotball, a Norwegian football club
- Vålerenga IshockeyVålerenga IshockeyVålerenga Ishockey is an Oslo-based ice hockey club, and a part of the Vålerenga IF multi-sports club. Their home arena is Jordal Amfi, located in eastern Oslo. Jordal Amfi was built for the 1952 Winter Olympics. The mother club was founded in 1913, but the did not take up ice hockey until the late...
, a Norwegian ice hockey club - Vålerengens IdrettsforeningVålerengens IFVålerengens Idrettsforening is a Norwegian multi-sports club from the neighborhood Vålerenga in Oslo, founded on 29 July 1913.It has sections for football, ice hockey, american football, handball, floorball and skiing...
, a Norwegian sports club