| Nom | Description |
| F ES | Fixed End System |
| F STN | Film SuperTwist Nematic ( LCD ) |
| F/L | Fetch/Load |
| F/T | Full Time |
| F/W | Firmware |
| F2C | FORTRAN to C [converter] |
| F2F |
| Face To Face |
| Frequency Double Frequency |
| F3I | Form, Fit, and Function Interface |
| F |
| Fahrenheit |
| Farad ( capacitance ) |
| FA |
| Factory Automation |
| FernmeldeAmt |
| Final Address |
| Fuse Alarm |
| FAA |
| Federal Aviation Administration |
| Flow Admission Acknowledge [message] |
| FAB | Computer Chip Fabrication Plant |
| FABS | Fast Access Btree Structure |
| FAC |
| File Access Code |
| Final Assembly Code |
| Forward Air Controller |
| Framed Access Command |
| FACCH | Fast Associated Control CHannel |
| FACE | Framed Access Command Environment |
| FACL | File Access Control List |
| FACS | Facilities Assignment and Control System |
| FACT |
| Fairchild Advanced CMOS Technology |
| Federation Automatic Coding Technologies |
| Federation of Automated Coding Technologies |
| FADEC | Full Authority Digital Engine Control |
| FADU | File Access Data Unit |
| FAE | Field Application Engineer |
| FAG | FernmeldeAnlagenGesetz |
| FAGENT | Free Agent |
| FAI |
| Fond Autoroute Informatique |
| Fournisseur d'Accès à Internet |
| FAIL | Fast Artificial Intelligence Language |
| FAIS |
| Factory Automation Interconnection System |
| Factory Automation Interface Specification |
| Finnish Artificial Intelligence Society |
| FAL | File Access Listener |
| FALC | Frame and Line Interface Component |
| FAM | Fast Access Memory |
| FAME | FORMEX Applied to Multilingualism in Europe SGML, Europe |
| FAMOS |
| Fast Analysis and Monitoring Of Signals |
| Floating Gate Avalanche MOS |
| Floating gate Avalanche injection MOS |
| Floating gate Avalanche injection Metal Oxide Semiconductor |
| FAMS | Forecasting And Modeling System |
| FAN | Facility Area Network |
| FANP | Flow Attribute Notification Protocol |
| FANS | Future Air Navigation System |
| FAO | Fabrication Assistee par Ordinateur |
| FAP |
| Fair Access Policy |
| File Access Protocol |
| FAPI |
| Family Application Program Interface |
| Family Application Programmer Interface |
| FAPL | Format And Protocols Language |
| FAPS |
| FertigungsAutomatisierung und ProduktionsSystematik ( Lehrstuhl FAPS, Universität Erlangen Nürnberg, Germany ) |
| Financial Analysis and Planning System |
| FAQ |
| Frequently Asked Question |
| Frequently Asked Questions |
| Frequently Asked Questions slang, Usenet |
| FAQL | Frequently Asked Questions List |
| FAR |
| Federal Acquisition Regulation |
| Fixed Alternative Routing |
| Flow Admission Request [message] |
| FARNET |
| Federation of American Research NETworks network |
| Federation of American Research Networks |
| FAS | Flow Admission Service |
| FASIC |
| Function and Algorithm Specific Integrated Circuit |
| Function and Algorithm Specific Integrated Circuit |
| FASL | Fujitsu AMD Semiconductor Ltd. ( Fab Japan ) |
| FASMI | Fast Analysis of Shared Multidimensional Information |
| FAST |
| Fairchild Advanced Schottky Technology |
| Federation Against Software Theft |
| First Application System Test |
| Flexible Accelerated Stress Test |
| Forschungsinstitut fuer Angewandte Software Technologie [e.v.] org. |
| FAT ID | Frequency Amplitude Time Impedance and Dimension ( EMI ) |
| FAT |
| File Access Table / File Allocation Table |
| File Allocation Table |
| FATE |
| Female Acceleration Tolerance Enhancement |
| Future Aircraft Technology Enhancement |
| FAU |
| Flow Admission Update [message] |
| Friedrich Alexander Universitaet |
| FAW | Forschungsinstitut fuer Anwendungsorientierte Wissensverarbeitung |
| FAX |
| Fac Simile |
| Facsimile |
| Fax "file name extension" |
| FB |
| Fiber optic Backbone |
| Frame Buffer |
| FBA | Fixed Block Architecture |
| FBAS | FarbBild AustastSystem / Farb Bild Austast Synchron signal |
| FBC | Find By Content |
| FBE | Free Buffer Enquiry |
| FBGA | Fine Pitch Ball Grid Array |
| FBI | Federal Bureau of Investigation |
| FBL |
| Fly by Light |
| Frame Burst error Length |
| FBM | Flexible Buffer Management |
| FBS | FunktionBausteinSprache ( SPS ) |
| FBSOA | Forward Biased Safe Operating Area ( transistor parameters ) |
| FBT | Facility Block Table |
| FBW | Fly by Wire |
| FC AL | Fiber Channel Arbitrated Loop |
| FC EL |
| Fiber Channel Enhanced Loop |
| Fibre Channel Enhanced Loop |
| FC LE | Fibre Channel Link Encapsulation |
| FC SL | Fibre Channel Slotted Loop |
| FC-AL | Fibre Channel Arbitrated Loop |
| FC/AL | Fiber Channel/Arbitrated Loop |
| FC/EL | Fiber Channel/Enhanced Loop |
| FC |
| (modem) Flow Control |
| Federal Criteria [for information technology security] |
| Feedback Control |
| Fiber Channel |
| Fibre Channel |
| Find Command |
| Font Change |
| Frame Control |
| FCA |
| Fiber Channel Association |
| Flow Control Ack |
| Functional Configuration Audit |
| FCAL |
| Fibre Channel Arbitrated Loop, "FC AL" |
| Fibre Channel Arbitrated Loop |
| FCAP | Facility CAPacity |
| FCAPS | Fault, Configuration, Accounting, Performance, Security [management areas] |
| FCB |
| File Cache Buffer |
| File Control Block |
| File Control Blocks |
| Forms Control Buffer |
| Frequency Coordinating Board |
| Function Control Block |
| FCBS | File Control BlockS |
| FCC CAD | Flexible Flat Cable Computer Aided Design |
| FCC: | File Carbon Copy |
| FCC |
| Federal Communications Commission |
| Federal Communications Commission ( Washington DC ) |
| Forward Carbon Copy |
| Forward Command Channel |
| FCCH | Frequency Correction CHannel |
| FCCN | Fundacao para a Computacao Cientifica Nacional |
| FCCSET |
| Federal Coordinating Council for Science Engineering and Technology |
| Federal Coordinating Council on Science, Engineering, and Technology |
| FCCTS | Federal Cobol Compiler Testing Service |
| FCDL | Folded Cascoded Differential Logic |
| FCFS | First Come, First Served |
| FCG |
| False Cross or Ground |
| Format Computer Graphics |
| FCI |
| Fibre Channel Interface |
| Flow Control Indicator |
| Flux Changes per Inch |
| Forward Cache Identifier |
| Framatome Connectors International ( France ) |
| Frame Copied Indicator (bit) |
| FCIC | Federal Computer Investigations Committee |
| FCL |
| FET Coupled Logic |
| Fibre Channel Loop |
| FCLC | Fibre Channel Loop Community |
| FCM | Fast Component Mounter ( Philips Bestückungsautomat ) |
| FCO |
| Field Change Order |
| Flow Control Operator Bits |
| FCP |
| Fiber Channel Protocol |
| Function Control Protocol |
| [SCSI 3] Fibre Channel Protocol |
| FCPGA | Flip Chip Pin Grid Array |
| FCPH | Fibre Channel PHysical and signaling interface "SAM", "FC PH" |
| FCPI | Flux Change Per Inch |
| FCR |
| FIFO Control Register |
| Flow Change Request [message] |
| FCRAM | Fast Cycle RAM |
| FCS |
| Fast Circuit Switching |
| Fiber Channel Standard |
| File Control System |
| First Customer Shipment |
| Flight Control System |
| Frame Check |
| Frame Check Sequence |
| Frame Check Sum |
| FCSI |
| Fiber Channel Systems Initiative |
| Fibre Channel Systems Initiative |
| FCT |
| Fast CMOS Technology |
| File Control Table |
| Foreign Comparative Test |
| Fundamentals of Computation Theory |
| FCVC | Flow Controlled Virtual Circuit |
| FD |
| File Definition |
| File Description |
| Floppy Disk |
| Floppy Drive |
| Full Duplex |
| FDA |
| FORTRAN Design Aid |
| Food and Drug Administration |
| FDAD | Functional Data ADministrator |
| FDB | Filtered DataBase |
| FDC | Floppy Disk Controller |
| FDCT | Fast Discrete Cosinus Transformation |
| FDD |
| Fixed Disk Drive |
| Floppy Disk Drive |
| Frequency Division Duplex |
| FDDI |
| Fiber Digital Device Interface |
| Fiber Distributed Data Interface |
| FDDITPPMD | FDDI Twisted Pair Physical layer, Medium Dependend, "FDDI TP PMD" |
| FDDR | Fuzzy Decision Desk Relation |
| FDE | Full Duplex Ethernet ethernet |
| FDES | Full Duplex EtherSwitch |
| FDHD | Floppy Drive High Density |
| FDHM | Full Duration Half Maximum |
| FDI |
| Flash Data Integrator |
| [fachverband der ] Fuehrungskraefte der Druckindustrie undInformationsverarbeitung org. |
| FDIC | Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation |
| FDIS | Final Draft International Standard [ international fieldbus standard IEC 61158 ] |
| FDISK | Fixed Disk |
| FDL |
| Facility Data Link |
| File Definition Language |
| Folded Differential Logic |
| FDM |
| Frequence Division Multiplexing |
| Frequency - Division Multiplexing |
| Frequency Division Multiplexing |
| Fused Deposition Modelling |
| FDMA |
| Frequency Division Multiple Access |
| Frequency Division, Multiple Access |
| FDNR | Frequency Dependent Negative Resistor |
| FDP |
| Field Development Program |
| Form Description Program |
| FDR |
| Failures-Divergence Refinement |
| Final Design Review |
| FDS | Fixed Disk Store |
| FDSL |
| "See DSL" |
| Fixed Directory Subscriber List |
| FDT |
| Formal Description Technique |
| Function Data Table |
| FDX | Full Duplex |
| FE |
| Far End |
| Field Engineering |
| Format Effector |
| Forsching und Entwicklung, "F&E" |
| Functional Entity |
| FEA |
| Field Emitter Array ( display ) |
| Finite Element Analysis |
| Functional Entity Action |
| FEAL | Fast Data Encipherment Algorithm DES, cryptography |
| FEAST | Fast Data Encyphering Algorithm cryptography |
| FEBE |
| Far End Block Error |
| Far End Block Error (SONET) |
| FEC | Forward Error Correction |
| FECN |
| Forward Explicit Congestion Notification |
| Forward Explicit Congestion Notification (specification) |
| FECP | File Extent Control Block |
| FED-STD | Federal Standard |
| FED |
| Fachverband Elektronik Design ( e.V. Berlin Germany ) |
| Far End Data |
| Field Emission Display |
| Field Emission/Emitter Display |
| FEDI | Financial Electronic Data Interchange |
| FEE | Fédération des Experts comptables Européens |
| FEFI | Far End Fault Indication |
| FEFO | First Ended First Out |
| FEI |
| Federation of the Electronics Industry ( UK ) |
| Foundation for Educational Innovation |
| FEIT | Fujitsu Enhanced Imaging Technology |
| FEM |
| Finite Element Method |
| Finite Element Model |
| Finite Elemente Methode |
| FEMA | Federal Emergency Management Agency |
| FEMF | Foreign Electro-Motive Force |
| FEN | Free net Erlangen/Nuernberg |
| FEP | Front End Processor |
| FEPG | Federal Engineering Planning Group |
| FEPI | Front End Programming Interface |
| FEPROM |
| Flash EPROM |
| Flash Erasable Programmable ROM |
| FEPS | Facility and Equipment Planning System |
| FER | Forward Error Correction satellite |
| FERAM | Ferroelectric RAM |
| FERF | Far End Receive Failure |
| FERPM | FTAM Error Recovery Protocol Machine |
| FESDK | Far East Software Development Kit |
| FESI | Federacion Espanola de Sociedades de Informatica org. |
| FET |
| Feld Effekt Transistor |
| Field - Effect Transistor |
| Field Effect Transistor |
| FETLA | Further Extended Three Letter Acronym |
| FEV | Far End Voice |
| FEXT |
| Far - End Cross Talk |
| Far End X(cross) Talk |
| FF |
| Fieldbus Foundation |
| Flip Flop |
| Form Feed |
| Form Feed ( ASCII control code ) |
| Form Feed (ASCII) |
| Formular Feed |
| FFA | Function to Function Architecture |
| FFAPI | File Format API |
| FFC | Fully Formed Character [printer] |
| FFDC | First Failure Data Capture |
| FFDT | FDDI Full Duplexing Technology |
| FFE | Feed Forward Equalizer |
| FFM | Full Functional Model |
| FFOL | FDDI Follow On LAN |
| FFP | Firm Fixed Price |
| FFRDC | Federally Funded Research and Development Center |
| FFS |
| Fallback Fault tolerant Server |
| Fast File System |
| Fast Filing System |
| Fee For Service |
| Flexible Fertigungs Systeme |
| FFSK | Four level Frequency Shift Keying |
| FFST2 | First Failure Support Technology /2 "IBM", "FFST/2" |
| FFST | First Failure Support Technology |
| FFT |
| Fast Fourier Transform |
| Final Form Text |
| FFTDCA | Final Form Text Document Content Architecture |
| FG |
| Feature Group (A, B, C, D) |
| Floating Gate |
| Foreground |
| FGA | Future Graphics Adapter |
| FGC | Fast Gas Chromatography |
| FGCS | Fifth Generation Computer Systems [project] |
| FGDC | Federal Geographic Data Committee |
| FGL | Fourth Generation Language |
| FGND | Frame Ground |
| FGREP | Fixed Global Regular Expression Print |
| FGT | Fourth Generation Tools |
| FH |
| Frame Handler |
| Frequency Hopping |
| Frédéric Heissler |
| FHD | Fixed - Head Disk |
| FHGS | FreeHand Graphics Studio |
| FHP | Fixed Header Prefix |
| FHS | Fan Heat Sink |
| FHSS |
| Frequency Hopping Spread Spectrum |
| Frequency Hopping Spread Spectrum ( RF transmission ) |
| FI |
| File Interchange |
| Finnland, Sähkötarkastuslaitos ( Prüfzeichen ) |
| Full Internet |
| FIA | Fiberoptic Industry Association org. |
| FIATA | Fédération Internationale des Agents Transitaires et Agents de Fret |
| FIB/SEM | Focused Ion Beam/Scanning Electron Microscope |
| FIB |
| Focused Ion Beam |
| Forwarding Information Base |
| FIBU | FInanzBUchhaltung |
| FIC |
| Fast Information Channel ( generator ) |
| First In Chain |
| First International Computer [inc.] manufacturer |
| FICB | File Identification Control Block |
| FID |
| File Identifier Descriptor |
| Format Identification |
| Format Identifier |
| FIDO | Finite Domains |
| FIDONET | "worlwide network of micro computers 1984" |
| FIF |
| Fractal Image Format |
| Fractal Interchange Format |
| FIFF |
| First In First Fit |
| Forum Informatikerinnen Fuer den Frieden org. |
| FIFO |
| First In First Out |
| First In/First Out ( memory ) |
| FIG |
| Forth Interest Group |
| Friends of Internet in Greece |
| FIGLET | Frank, Ian and Glenn's LETters |
| FIGS | Figures Shift |
| FILO | First In Last Out |
| FIM |
| Facing Identification Mark |
| Fiber Interface Module |
| FIMAS | Financial Institution Message Authentication Standard banking, ANSI |
| FIN | Finish (flag) |
| FINAC | Fast Interline Non active Automatic Control |
| FINCEN | (Federal) Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (usually as FinCEN) |
| FINDSTR | Find Strings |
| FIOC |
| Frame Input / Output Controller |
| Frame Input/Output Controller |
| FIP |
| Facility Interface Processor |
| Factory Instrumentation Protocol |
| File Processor Buffering |
| Finance Image Processor |
| Fluorescent Indicator Panel |
| FIPA | Foundation for Intelligent Physical Agents |
| FIPS |
| Federal Information Processing Standard |
| Federal Information Processing Standards |
| FIPSOC | Field Programmable System On a Chip |
| FIR |
| Fast Infrared |
| Finite Impulse Response |
| Finite Impulse Response ( filter ) |
| Finite duration Impulse Response |
| FIRE |
| Flexible Intelligent Routing Engine |
| Fragmenting IP Real-time Engine (chip) |
| Fully Integrated RISC Emulator |
| FIRL | Fiber-optic Inter-Repeater Link |
| FIRM | Business or Firm "Domain Name" "Internet" |
| FIRMR | Federal Information Resources Management Regulations |
| FIRN | Florida Information Resource Network |
| FIRP | Federal Internet Requirements Panel |
| FIRST |
| Fax Information Retrieval Support Technology |
| ForschungsInstitut fuer Rechnerarchitektur und SoftwareTechnik |
| Forum of Incident Response and SecuriTy |
| Forum of Incident Response and Security Team |
| Forum of Incident Response and Security Teams |
| Forum on Incident Response and Security Teams |
| FIS |
| FachInformationsSystem |
| Floating Instruction Set |
| Forms Interchange Standard |
| FuehrungsInformationsSysteme |
| FISTA | Flying Infrared Signatures Technology Aircraft |
| FISUS | Fill In Signal Units |
| FIT |
| Failure In Time |
| Failure Unit |
| Failures In Time |
| FITL | Fiber In The Loop |
| FITNR | Fixed In The Next Release |
| FITS |
| Flexible Image Transport System |
| Functional Interpolating Transformation System |
| FIU | Fingerprint Identification Unit |
| FIX |
| Federal Information Exchange |
| Federal Information eXchange / Federal Internet eXchange |
| Federal Internet Exchange |
| Fixed mode |
| FK | Foreign Key |
| FKS | Fernmelde Klein Steckverbindung |
| FL |
| Feed Line |
| Fiber optic Link |
| First Level |
| Florida |
| Fluorescent |
| FLA |
| Five Letter Abbreviation / Five Letter Acronym |
| Four Letter Abbreviation / Four Letter Acronym |
| Four Letter Acronym |
| FLACC | Full Level Algol Checkout Compiler |
| FLAD | Fluorescent Activated Display |
| FLAG | Fiber Link Around the Globe |
| FLAP | FDDITalk Link Access Protocol |
| FLASER | Forward Looking Infrared Laser Radar |
| FLC |
| Federal Laboratory Consortium |
| Ferro electric Liquid Crystal |
| Ferroelectric Liquid Crystal |
| Ferroelectric Liquid Crystal ( technology ) |
| Fire Lighter Circuit |
| Full Load Current |
| FLD | Field |
| FLEA | Four Letter Extended Acronym |
| FLETC | Federal Law Enforcement Training Center |
| FLEX |
| Fast Language for Execution |
| Force Level Execution |
| FLEXIP | "Novell, Netware", "FLeX/IP" |
| FLI | Fault Location Indicator |
| FLIH | First Level Interrupt Handler |
| FLIM | Faithful Library about Internet Message |
| FLIR | Forward Looking Infrared |
| FLIT | Flexowriter Interrogation Tape |
| FLL | FoxPro Link Library |
| FLOP | Floating Point Operation |
| FLOPS |
| FLoating point Operations Per Second |
| Floating Point Operation Per Second |
| FLP |
| Fast Link Pulse |
| Fast Link Pulse ethernet, LAN, NLP |
| FLR | Folder "file name extension" |
| FLT |
| Fairlight |
| Full Load Torque |
| FLURPS | Functionality Localizability Usability Reliability Performance Supportability |
| FM |
| Facilities Management |
| Fault Management |
| Fault Management ( ATM ) |
| Flash Manager |
| Frame Maker |
| Frequency Modulation |
| Frequenz Modulation |
| Function Management |
| FMAC | Facility Maintenance And Control |
| FMBS | Frame - Mode Bearer Service |
| FMCW | Frequency Modulated Continuous Wave ( RADAR ) |
| FMD |
| Fluorescent Multilayer Disk |
| Function Management Data |
| FMEA | Failure Mode and Effect Analysis |
| FMGC | File Manager Garbage Collector |
| FMH | Function Management Header |
| FMI | Fluorescent Microthermal Imaging |
| FMLI | Form and Menu Language Interpreter |
| FMM |
| Flash Media Manager |
| Flash Memory Manager |
| FMP |
| (OpenView) Fault Management Platform |
| Functional Multiprocessing |
| FMRI | Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging |
| FMS |
| FernMeldeSystem |
| File Management Supervisor |
| File Management System |
| Flexible Manufacturing System |
| Forms Management System |
| FMT | Format |
| FMUP | Flash Memory Update Program |
| FMV | Full Motion Video |
| FMVFT | Frequency Modulation Voice Frequency Telegraph |
| FMVG | Front Mounted Valve Gate |
| FN |
| Federated Naming |
| Finish |
| Fowler Nordheim ( tunneling ) |
| FNAC | Fédération Nationale d'Achat des Cadres |
| FNC |
| Federal Network Council |
| Federal Networking Council |
| FNP |
| Front - End Network Processor |
| Front end Network Processor |
| FNPA | Foreign Numbering Plan Area |
| FNS | Federated Naming Service |
| FNT |
| Font |
| Förderkreis Neue Technologien ( München Germany ) |
| FO |
| Fiber Optic |
| Fiber Optics |
| FOA |
| Fiber Optic Adapter |
| Fiber Optic Association org. |
| FOAF | Friend Of A Friend |
| FOB | Fiber Outlet Box |
| FOC |
| Fiber Optic Cable / Communications |
| Fiber Optic Communications |
| Field Oriented Control |
| Full Operational Capability |
| FOCAL | Formula Calculator |
| FOCS |
| Foundations of Computer Science |
| [symposium on] Foundations Of Computer Science conference |
| FOCUS | Forum of Control Data Users |
| FOD |
| Fax On Demand |
| Finger of Death |
| Flexible Optical Disk |
| Foreign Object Damage |
| Format Office Document |
| FODA | Formal specification of ODA document structures |
| FODO | [international conference on] Foundations Of Data Organization andalgorithms conference, INRIA |
| FOE | Focus Of Expansion |
| FOEBUD | [verein zur] Foerderung des OEffentlichen Bewegten und UnbewegtenDatenverkehrs [e.v.] |
| FOG |
| Fiber Optic Gyro |
| First Osborne Group |
| FOIA | Freedom Of Information Act |
| FOIM | Field Office Information Management system |
| FOIP | Fax Over Internet Protocol |
| FOIRL |
| Fiber Optic Inter Repeater Link |
| Fiber Optic Inter-Repeater Link |
| Fiber Optic InterRepeater Link |
| Fibre Optic Inter Repeater Link |
| FOKUS | Forschungszentrum fuer Offene KommUnikationsSysteme |
| FOLDOC |
| Free On Line Dictionary Of Computing |
| Free On-Line Dictionary Of Computing |
| Free OnLine Dictionary Of Computing |
| FOMAU |
| Fiber Optic MAU ethernet |
| Fiber Optic Medium Attachment Unit |
| FOMOT | Four Mode Ternary |
| FON |
| Fiber Optic Network |
| Fiber Optics Network |
| Font "file name extension" |
| FOO | "cf FUBAR" |
| FOOBAR | FTP Operation Over Big Address Records |
| FOOT | Forum for Object Oriented Technology |
| FOPG | FNC (Federal Networking Council) OSI (Open Systems Interconnection) Planning Group |
| FOR |
| File Owning Region |
| Fortran source code "file name extension" |
| FORMEX | FORMalised EXchange of electronic publications SGML, Europe |
| FORML | Formal Object Role Modelling Language |
| FORTH |
| "Language Charles H. Moore 1971 astronomie" |
| "Programming Language""See HLL" |
| FORTRAN |
| FORmula TRANSlator ( programming language ) |
| FORmula TRANslation |
| Formula Translator |
| Formula Translator (programming language) |
| FORTWIHR | FORschungsverbund fuer Technisch WIssenschaftliches HochleistungsRechnenOrg., Bavaria |
| FORWISS | bayerisches FORschungszentrum fuer WISensbasierte Systeme |
| FOS | Fundamental Operating System |
| FOSDIC | Film Optical Scanning Device for Input to Computer |
| FOSE | Federal Office Systems Exposition |
| FOSI |
| Format Option Specification Instance |
| Format Output Specification Instance |
| Free Space Optical Interconnect |
| FOSSIL |
| Fido Opus Seadog Standard Interface Layer |
| Fido/Opus/Seadog Standard Interface Layer |
| FOT |
| Fiber Optic Transceiver |
| Frequency of Optimum Traffic |
| FOTE | Follow on Operational Test and Evaluation, "FOT & E" |
| FOTS | Fiber Optic Transmission System |
| FOUP | Front Opening Unified Pod |
| FOURCC | FOUR Character Code |
| FOX | Field Operational X.500 |
| FP |
| Fabry Perrot ( LASER ) |
| File Processor |
| Fixed Part ( DECT basestation ) |
| Flat Package |
| Floating Point |
| Functional Profile |
| FPA |
| Floating Point Accelerator |
| Floating Point Adapter |
| Floating Point Architecture |
| Focal Plane Array |
| FPAA | Field Programmable Analog Array |
| FPAD | Field Programmable Analog Device |
| FPASD | Facsimile Packet ASsembler / Disassembler |
| FPC |
| Ferrite Polymer Composite |
| Flexible Printed Circuit |
| Floating Point Calculation |
| Floating Point Coprocessor |
| FPCA | Functional Programming languages and Computer Architecture |
| FPCB | Field Programmable Circuit Board |
| FPCE | Floating Point C Extension |
| FPD |
| Field Programmable Device |
| Flat Panel Display |
| FPDI | Flat Panel Display Interface |
| FPDM | Flat Panel Display Measurements ( VESA ) |
| FPDP | Front Panel Data Port |
| FPDU | FTAM Protocol Data Unit |
| FPE | Floating Point Engine |
| FPF | Facility Parameter Field |
| FPGA |
| Field Programmable Gate Array |
| Field Programmable Gated Array |
| Field-Programmable Gate Array |
| FPH | Floating Point Hardware |
| FPI |
| Field Programmable Instrument |
| Flexible Peripheral Interconnect ( bus ) |
| Flux Changes per Inch |
| Functional Process Improvement |
| FPIC | Field Programmable Interconnect Component ( Aptix ) |
| FPID | Field Programmable Interconnect Device |
| FPL |
| File Parameter List |
| Functional Protocol Language |
| FPLA | Field Programmable Logic Array |
| FPLL | Fractional Phase Lock Loops |
| FPLMTS |
| Future Public Land Mobile Telecommunication System |
| Future Public Land Mobile Telecommunications System |
| FPM |
| Fast Page Mode |
| Fast Page Mode [DRAM] |
| Fast Page Mode [ram] |
| Feet Per Minute |
| Flat Protected Mode |
| FPMDRAM | Fasr Page Mode DRAM "RAM, DRAM, IC", "FPM DRAM" |
| FPMSD | Field Programmable Mixed Signal Device |
| FPN |
| Fine Print Note |
| Fixed Pattern Noise |
| Floating Point Number |
| FPNW | File and Print service for NetWare |
| FPO | For Placement Only / For Position Only |
| FPODA |
| Fixed Priority Orientated Demand Assignment |
| Fixed Priority Oriented Demand Assignment |
| FPP |
| FORTRAN Pre Processor |
| Fast Parallel Port |
| Finite Position Potentiometer |
| Fixed Path Protocol |
| Floating Point Processor |
| FPR | Floating Point Register |
| FPROM | Field Programmable Read Only Memory |
| FPS |
| Fast Packet Switching |
| Favorite Picture Selection |
| Feet Per Second |
| Frames Per Second |
| Frames-Per-Second |
| FPSC |
| Field Programmable Standard Cells ( Lucent ) |
| Field Programmable System Chip ( Lucent ) |
| FPSI | Fujitsu Personal System Inc. |
| FPSLIC | Field Programmable System Level Integrated Circuit ( Atmel ) |
| FPSNW | File and Print Server for NetWare |
| FPT |
| File Parameter Table |
| Forced Perfect Termination |
| FPU | Floating Point Unit |
| FPX | FlashPix |
| FQA | Frequently Questioned Acronym |
| FQD | Full Quadrature Decoding |
| FQDN |
| Fully Qualified Domain Name |
| Fully Qualified Domain Name ( TCP/IP, DNS ) |
| FR NIC | French NIC |
| FR |
| Flat Rate |
| Frame Relay |
| FRAD |
| Frame Relay Access Device |
| Frame Relay Assembler/Disassembler |
| FRAG |
| Fragment |
| Fragmentation |
| FRAM |
| Ferroelectric RAM |
| Ferroelectric Random Access Memory |
| FRB | Federal Reserve Board |
| FRC |
| Frame Rate Control ( LCD ) |
| Frame Relay Capabilities |
| Functional Redundancy Checking |
| FRD | Functional Requirements Description |
| FRDS | Failure Resistant Disk Systems |
| FRED |
| Fast Recovery Epitaxial Diode |
| Figure Reading Electronic Device |
| Frame Editor |
| Front End to Dish |
| FREDMAIL | FRee EDucational electronic Mail |
| FREE | Forum for Responsible and Ethical E-mail |
| FRF |
| Floatingpoint Register File |
| Frame Relay Forum |
| Frequency Response Function |
| FRICC |
| Federal Research Internet Coordinating Committee |
| Federal Research Internet Coordinating Committee org. |
| Federal Research Internet Coordination Committee |
| FRL |
| Filter, Regulator & Lubricator |
| Frame Representation Language |
| FRMR | FRaMe Reject |
| FROM |
| Factory Read Only Memory |
| Factory programmable Read Only Memory |
| Fusible Read Only Memory |
| FRPI | Flux Reversals Per Inch |
| FRR | Functional Recovery Routine |
| FRS |
| Flexible Route Selection |
| Frame Relay Service |
| Freely Redistributable Software |
| WordPerfect Graphics Driver "file name extension" |
| FRU |
| Field Replaceable Unit |
| Field Replacement Unit / Field Replaceable Unit |
| FS |
| Field Service |
| File Separator |
| File Separator ( ASCII control code ) |
| File Separator (ASCII) |
| File Server |
| File System |
| Font Server |
| Frame Status |
| Full Scale |
| Functional Standard |
| Future Series |
| FSA |
| Field Search Argument |
| Finite State Automaton |
| FSAG | Free Software Association of Germany org. |
| FSAN | Full Service Access Network |
| FSB |
| For Small Business |
| Frequency System Bus |
| Front Side Bus |
| Functional System Block ( ASIC ) |
| FSBE | Fast SCSI Buffered Ethernet card |
| FSCB | File System Control Block |
| FSCE | Free Solution Capillary Electrophoresis |
| FSCK | File System Consistency checK |
| FSD | File System Driver |
| FSE | Full Screen Editor |
| FSF | Free Software Foundation |
| FSG | Format Standard Generalized markup language |
| FSI | Fournisseur de Service Internet |
| FSII | Fuel System Icing Inhibitor (MIL I 27686) |
| FSIOP | File Server Input Output Processor |
| FSK | Frequency Shift Keying |
| FSL |
| Field Service Logistics |
| Free Space Loss |
| FSLIST | Forgotten Site List |
| FSM | Finite State Machine |
| FSMGDOS | ??? Graphics Device Operating System |
| FSN |
| File Sequence Number |
| Full Service Network |
| FSO | Full Scale Output |
| FSP |
| File Service Process |
| File Service Protocol |
| File Slurping Protocol |
| Full Screen Processing |
| FSR |
| Free System Resources |
| Full Scale Range |
| Full Scale Range ( ADC ) |
| Full Scale Reading |
| FSRAM | Fast Static Random Access Memory |
| FSS |
| Fast System Switch |
| Fixed Satellite Service ( DBS ) |
| Font Selection Scheme |
| Fully Separated Subsidiary |
| FSSP | Firing Squad Synchronization Problem |
| FST |
| File Status Table |
| Flat Square Technology |
| Flat Square Tube |
| FSTC | Financial Services Technology Consortium |
| FSTG | Functional Standardization Taxonomy Group |
| FSTN |
| Film SuperTwisted Nematic |
| Foil compensated Super Twisted Nematic ( LCD ) |
| FSTP | Foiled Shielded Twisted Pair [cable] "STP, TP", "F/STP" |
| FSU |
| File Support Utility |
| Free Software Union org. |
| FSV | Floating Point Status Vector |
| FSW | Friction Stir Welding |
| FT1 | Fractional T1 |
| FT |
| Feet (usually ft or ' ) |
| Field Test |
| File Transfer |
| France Telecom |
| FTA |
| Fast Turnaround |
| Fault Tree Analysis |
| Flexographic Technical Association |
| Floptical Technology Association |
| FTAB | Field Tab |
| FTAM |
| File Transfer Access and Management |
| File Transfer and Access Method |
| File Transfer, Access and Management |
| File Transfer, Access, and Management (protocol) |
| FTASB | Faster Than A Speeding Bullet |
| FTC | Federal Trade Commission |
| FTDS | Failure Tolerant Disk Systems |
| FTE |
| Frame Table Entry |
| Full-Time Equivalent |
| [DCOM] For The Enterprise |
| FTF | Face To Face |
| FTG |
| Final Trunk Group |
| Force stimulus Timing Generator |
| FTL |
| Faster Than Light |
| File Transfer Language |
| Flash Transition Layer |
| Flash Translation Layer |
| FTM | Flat Tension Mask |
| FTN | Fido Technology Network |
| FTO | Fault Tolerant Option |
| FTOS |
| File Transfer OSI Support |
| File Transfer Open Systems |
| FTP |
| File Transfer Protocol |
| Foiled Twisted Pair [cable] |
| FTPD | File Transfer Protocol DAEMON |
| FTR |
| Full Text Retrieval |
| Full-Text Retrieval |
| FTRT | Faster Than Real Time |
| FTS2000 | Federal Telecommunications Services 2000 "USA", "FTS 2000" |
| FTS |
| Fahrerloses TransportSystem |
| Federal Telecommunication System |
| Federal Telecommunications Service / Federal Telecommunications System |
| Fidonet Technical Standard |
| File Transfer Service |
| Fourier Transform Spectrometer |
| FTSC |
| Federal Telecommunications Standards Committee |
| Fidonet Technical Standard Conference conference |
| FTSE | Financial Times Stock Exchange |
| FTTB |
| Fiber To The Basement |
| Fibre To The Building |
| FTTC |
| Fiber To The Curb |
| Fibre To The Curb |
| FTTCab | Fibre To The Cabinet |
| FTTH | Fiber To The Home |
| FTTN | Fiber To The Neighborhood |
| FTX | Fault Tolerant Unix |
| FTZ |
| FernmeldeTechnische Zentralamt / Zulassung Telekom, ZZF, predecessor |
| FernmeldeTechnisches Zentralamt |
| FU | Fractional Unit |
| FUA | Flow Update Acknowledge [message] |
| FUB | Freie Universitaet Berlin org. |
| FUBAB | Fouled / Fucked Up Beyond All Belief slang, Usenet, IRC |
| FUBAR |
| Failed UniBus Address Register |
| Fouled / Fucked Up Beyond All Recognition / Repair slang, Usenet, IRC |
| Fouled Up Beyond All Recognition |
| Fouled Up Beyond All Repair |
| Fucked Up Beyond All Recognition ( net slang ) |
| Fucked Up Beyond All Repair |
| FUD |
| Fear Uncertainty and Doubt |
| Fear, Uncertainty, and Doubt / Fear, Uncertainty, and Disinformation |
| FUDD | Frequently Updated Distributed Data |
| FUEV | Fernmeldeanlagen UEberwachungsVerordnung |
| FUI | File Update Information |
| FUN | Flow Update Notification [message] |
| FUNC | Function |
| FUNI |
| Frame User Network Interface |
| Frame based User to Network Interface |
| Frame-based User-to-Network Interface / Frame User Network Interface (ATM Forum) |
| FUP | FUnktionsPlan ( SPS ) |
| FURPS | Functionability Usability Reliability Performance Supportability |
| FV | Future Value |
| FVC |
| First Volume Commit |
| Frequency to Voltage Converter |
| FVT | Full Video Translation |
| FW |
| Fiscal Week |
| FriktionsWickelwelle |
| FWD | Free World Dial up |
| FWHM | Full Width Half Maximum [ the width of a pulse at 50% amplitude used to measure the duration of a signal ] |
| FWI | Frequently Wanted Information |
| FWIW |
| For What It's Worth |
| For What It's Worth ( net slang ) |
| For What It's Worth slang, Usenet, IRC |
| FWNTUG | French Windows NT User Group |
| FWT | Fast Wavelet Transformation |
| FWV | Fixed Wing Vehicle |
| FX |
| Effect |
| Effects |
| Field Exchange |
| Foreign Exchange |
| FXO | Foreign Exchange Office |
| FXP | File Exchange Protocol |
| FXS | Foreign Exchange Subscriber |
| FXU | FiXed point Unit |
| FY | Fiscal Year |
| FYA | For Your Amusement |
| FYEO | For Your Eyes Only |
| FYI |
| For Your Information |
| For Your Information ( net slang ) |
| For Your Information slang, Usenet, IRC |
| FZA | ??? [compression] |
| FZP | Fast Zero Power ( design technique ) |
| FhG | Fraunhofer Gesellschaft |
| FoV | Field of View |
| f | femto ( 10^ 15 ) |
| fps | frames per second ( video ) |
