(Main list of acronyms)
__NOTOC__ f – (s) Femto F – (s) Farad – Fluorine
FA fa – (s) Persian language (ISO 639-1 code) FA – Food Addicts in Recovery Anonymous fA – (s) Femtoampere FA (i) Field Artillery Financial aid Football Association (England) Football Australia (governing body for association football) FAA (i) U.S. Federal Aviation Administration Financial Aid Administrator Fleet Air Arm Functional Area Analysis FAAD – (a) Forward Area Air Defence FAAN – (i) Fellow of the American Academy of Neurology FAAFP – (i)Fellow of the American Academy of Family Physicians FAAN – (i) Fellow of the American Academy of Nursing FAANG – Facebook, Amazon, Apple, Netflix, Google (the leading stocks in the late-2010s US market rally) (c.f. FANG, which originally did not include Apple) FAAQ – (a/i) Frequently Asked and Anticipated Questions (cf. FAQ) FAASV – (i) Field Artillery Ammunition Supply Vehicle FAB – (i) Feline Advisory Bureau (UK feline charity) (i) Forward Air Controller Front of Allies for Change Frontal Affinity Chromatography Full Aperture Calibrator FACA – (a) (US) Federal Advisory Committee Act FACH – (a) Fuerza Aérea de Chile FACN – (i) Fellow of the American College of Nutrition FACP – (i) Fellow of the American College of Physicians FACS (i) Fellow of the American College of Surgeons (a) Formal Aspects of Computing Science Fluorescent-activated cell sorting FACTS – (a) Flexible Alternating Current Transmission System FAD (i) Flavin Adenine Dinucleotide (a) Funding Authorization Document M18 FADAC – (p) Field Artillery Data Computer FADEC - (a) Full Authority Digital Engine (or Electronic) Control FAFSA – (a) Free Application for Federal Student Aid (US) FAH (i) Federation of American Hospitals Fine Arts and Humanities Foreign Affairs Handbook FAI (i) Fédération Aéronautique Internationale (French, "International Aeronautics Federation") Football Association of Ireland FAL - (a) Fusil Automatique Léger (French, Light Automatic Rifle), Belgian battle rifle FAM – (i) Foreign Affairs Manual fao – (s) Faroese language (ISO 639-2 code) FAO – (i) Food and Agriculture Organization FAPA – Fellow of the American Psychological Association FAPHA – Fellow of the American Public Health Association FAQ – (a/i) Frequently Asked Questions (sometimes pronounced "fak") FARC – (a) Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia (Spanish, "Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia") FARDC – (a) "Military of the Democratic Republic of the Congo FARP – (a) Forward Arming and Refuelling Point / Forward Area Rearm/refuel Point fas – (s) Persian language (ISO 639-2 code) FAS (i) Federation of American Scientists Fetal Alcohol Syndrome FASCAM – (p) Family of Scatterable Mines FASD – (i) Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder FASEB – (a/i) Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology FAST (a) Face, Arm, Speech, Time (stroke symptoms) Five hundred meter Aperture Spherical Telescope (Chinese radio telescope) Fixing America's Surface Transportation Act (U.S. legislation) FAT – (a) Field Artillery Tractor – File Allocation Table FAVS – (a) Future Armoured Vehicle System FAW (i) Football Association of Wales First Automobile Works (Chinese automobile manufacturer)
FB FB – Facebook, An on-line social network 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 FBIDST – (i) Fellow of the British Institute of Dental and Surgical Technologists FBLA (i) Future Business Leaders of America {Jr & HS Group} FBM – (s) Board foot FBR (i) Fast Breeder Reactor Foundation for Biomedical Research Friedman, Billings, Ramsey (now known as Arlington Asset Investment) FBS Federal Bureau of Statistics (Pakistan) Fetal bovine serum Football Bowl Subdivision (U.S. college football) Fukuoka Broadcasting Corporation
FC fC – (s) Femtocoulomb FC (i) Fire Control Football Club (s) Funnel Cloud (METAR Code) FCA (i) Fellowship of Christian Athletes Fiat Chrysler Automobiles Fraction of Combat Active forces FCC – (i) U.S. Federal Communications Commission FCE – (i) First Certificate in English FCF – (i) Financial Free Cash Flow FCFS – (i) First Come, First Served FCM (i) Federation of Canadian Municipalities Fogarty's Cove Music FCO – (i) UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office FCS (i) Football Championship Subdivision (U.S. college football) Future Combat System FCSB – (i) Fotbal Club Steaua București, a name claimed by two association football clubs in Bucharest – FCSB and CSA Steaua București FCW – (i) Florida Championship Wrestling FCW - Forward Collision Warning, see Collision avoidance system FCZ – (i) Forward Combat Zone
FD FD – (i) Falun Dafa FDA – (i) Food and Drug Administration (U.S.) FDBK – (i) Feedback FDC (i) Federal Detention Center (U.S.) Fire Direction Centre FDDI – (i) Fibre Distributed Data Interface FdI – (i) Fratelli d'Italia (Italian, "Brothers of Italy"), an Italian political party FDI (i) Fault detection and isolation Films Division of India, a government film production agency Flexible Display Interface Foreign direct investment Frégate de défense et d'intervention (French, "Defense and Intervention Frigate"), a planned class of French Navy ships FDNY – Fire Department of New York 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) FEAR (a) First Encounter Assault Recon Focus sash Endeavor (Quick) Attack Rattata (or Fucking Evil Annoying Rodent), a last-resort tactic in competitive Pokemon battling FEAST – (a/i) Forum for European-Australian Science and Technology Cooperation FEATS – (a) Festival of European Anglophone Theatrical SocietiesFestival of European Anglophone Theatrical Societies FEB (i) Federación Española de Baloncesto (Spanish, "Spanish Basketball Federation") Federatie Eredivisie Basketball (Dutch, "Federation Honorary Division (of) Basketball"), the former name of the basketball competition later known in Dutch by the English-language Dutch Basketball League Força Expedicionária Brasileira (Portuguese, "Brazilian Expeditionary Force") FEBA – (a) Forward Edge of the Battle Area fec. – (p) fecit (Latin, "he made it") FED – (a/i) Field emission display FEF – (i) Frontal Eye Field (neurophysiology) FEI – (i) Fédération équestre internationale (French, "International Federation for Equestrian Sports") FEMA (a/i) Farm Equipment Manufacturers Association (a/i) U.S. Federal Emergency Management Agency FENAFUTH – (p) Federación Nacional Autónoma de Fútbol de Honduras (Spanish, "National Autonomous Football Federation of Honduras") FENS – (a/i) Federation of European Neuroscience Societies FEP – (i) Firepower Enhancement Program – Fleet satellite (FLTSAT) Extremely high frequency (EHF) Package FEPAFUT – (p) Federación Panameña de Fútbol (Spanish, "Panamanian Football Federation") FES – (i) Flywheel Energy Storage FEST – (a) Frankfurt English Speaking TheatreFrankfurt English Speaking Theatre FET – (a) Field-effect transistor FEZ – (a/i) Fighter Engagement Zone
FF ff – (s) Fula language (ISO 639-1 code) fF – (s) Femtofarad FF (i) Final Fantasy (p) Firefox (Web browser) FFA (i) Football Federation Australia, former name of the governing body now known as Football Australia Pacific Islands Forum Fisheries Agency Free-Fire Area Fusiform Face Area Future Farmers of America (today the National FFA Organization) FFB – (i) Frum From Birth (referring to an observant Jew born into a religiously observant family) FFC – (i) Free For Chat FFCM — Fellow of the Faculty of Community Medicine (fellowship created in 1972, now replaced by FFPH) FFE – (i) Fukuoka Futures Exchange FFF – (i) Fédération française de football (French, "French Football Federation") FFG – (s) Guided Missile Frigate (hull classification symbol) FFOV – (i) Forward Field Of View FFP - (i) Federally Funded Participation FFPH — Fellow of the Faculty of Public Health, replacing FFPHM FFR – (i) Fédération française de rugby (French, "French Rugby (Union) Federation") FFS – (i) For Fuck's Sake FFT (i) Fast Fourier transform Final Fantasy Tactics
FG FG – (i) Falun Gong fg – (s) Femtogram FG – (s) Fog (METAR Code) – French Guiana (FIPS 10-4 territory code) FGR – (a) Flickr Group Roulette
FH fH – (s) Femtohenry FHFIF – (i) Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends FHI – (i) Family Health International, Fuji Heavy Industries, Ltd.
FI fi – (s) Finnish language (ISO 639-1 code) 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") FIBA – originally (a) Fédération internationale de basket-ball amateur (French, "International Amateur Basketball Federation"); since 1989, (p) Fédération internationale de basket-ball FIBUA – (i/a) Fighting In Built-Up Areas 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 FIFRA – (a) Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act FIG (i) Fédération internationale des géomètres (French, "International Federation of Surveyors") Fédération internationale de gymnastique (French, "International Federation of Gymnastics") Feminist Improvising Group (music ensemble) fij – (s) Fijian language (ISO 639-2 code) FILA – (a) Fédération internationale des luttes associées (French, "International Federation of Associated Wrestling Styles"), former name of the sport governing body now known as United World Wrestling FILO – (a) First In, Last Out (see also LIFO) FIMPT – (i) Fellow of the Institute of Maxillofacial Prosthetists and Technologists fin – (s) Finnish language (ISO 639-2 code) FIN – (s) Finland (ISO 3166 trigram) FINA – (p/a) Fédération internationale de natation (French, "International Swimming Federation") FIPS – (a) Federal Information Processing Standard FIR (i) Final Inspection Report Federazione Italiana Rugby (Italian, "Italian Rugby (Union) Federation") FIRES – Fever Induced Refractory Epilepsy Syndrome or Febrile Infection-Related Epilepsy Syndrome FIS – (a/i) Fédération internationale de ski (French "International Ski Federation") FISA – (a) Fédération Internationale des Sociétés d'Aviron (French, "International Federation of Rowing Associations") FISH – (a) Fluorescence In-Situ Hybridisation FiST – (p) Fire Support Team FITS – (a) Flexible Image Transport System FIU – (i) Florida International University
FJ fj – (s) Fijian language (ISO 639-1 code) fJ – (s) Femtojoule FJ – (s) Fiji (ISO 3166 digram; FIPS 10-4 country code) FJD – (s) Fiji dollar (ISO 4217 currency code) FJI – (s) Fiji (ISO 3166 trigram) FJN – (a) Financial Job Network
FK fK – (s) Femtokelvin FK – (s) Falkland Islands (ISO 3166 code) FKA - (i) Formerly known as FKP – (s) Falkland Islands pound (ISO 4217 currency code) FKSM – (i) Fort Knox Supplemental Manual FKT – (i) Fastest known time
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 FLAC – (a/i) Free Legal Advice Centres FLAK – (p) FLugAbwehrKanone (German for "Anti-Aircraft Guns") FLB – (i) Forward Logistics Base