AF
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AF may refer to:
Businesses, organizations and projects
- Anarchist Federation (British Isles)Anarchist Federation (British Isles)The Anarchist Federation is a federation of anarcho-communists in Great Britain and Ireland. It is not a political party, but a direct action, agitational and propaganda organisation.- Origins :...
, an Anarchist-Communist agitational organisation in Britain - Air FranceAir FranceAir France , stylised as AIRFRANCE, is the French flag carrier headquartered in Tremblay-en-France, , and is one of the world's largest airlines. It is a subsidiary of the Air France-KLM Group and a founding member of the SkyTeam global airline alliance...
, IATA airline designator for Air France - Abercrombie & FitchAbercrombie & FitchAbercrombie & Fitch is an American retailer that focuses on casual wear for consumers aged 18 to 22. It has over 300 locations in the United States, and is expanding internationally....
, an American based, international clothing retailer - Alliance françaiseAlliance françaiseThe Alliance française , or AF, is an international organisation that aims to promote French language and culture around the world. created in Paris on 21 July 1883, its primary concern is teaching French as a second language and is headquartered in Paris -History:The Alliance was created in Paris...
- A-F RecordsA-F RecordsA-F Records is an independent record label originated by the band Anti-Flag, based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA. This label was created to help expose more political punk rock bands to a greater audience...
, a record label - Acronym FinderAcronym FinderAcronym Finder is an online database of abbreviations and their meanings. It includes over 900,000 human-edited and verified definitions, many of them related to computers, technology, telecommunications, science, medicine and the military...
- Alabama and Florida RailwayAlabama and Florida RailwayThe Alabama and Florida Railway is a class III railroad as reported by the AAR. The AF is headquartered in Andalusia, Alabama and is owned and operated by Pioneer Railcorp of Peoria, Illinois...
, from its reporting mark - American FreightwaysAmerican FreightwaysAmerican Freightways was a U.S. Less Than Truckload shipping company based in Harrison, Arkansas.Founded in 1982 by the late Sheridan Garrison, American Freightways was originally titled Arkansas Freightways. In 1989 Arkansas Freightways became a publicly held corporation, and developed a wide...
, a trucking company now operating as FedEx Freight East - Adventist ForumsAdventist ForumsAdventist Forums is an international non-profit organization of Seventh-day Adventists. It publishes Spectrum magazine. Its stated aim is to create community through open conversation. Local groups of the association are known as local forum chapters...
, an organization of progressive Seventh-day Adventists - AF GruppenAF GruppenThe AF Group ASA is the third largest civil engineering and construction company in Norway. The company headquarters is located in Oslo. The AF Group is listed on the Oslo Stock Exchange.-Property:...
, a multi national construction and development company based in Norway - ÅFÅFÅF is a Swedish technical consulting company. It was formed in 1895 and is one of the biggest consulting companies in Sweden. ÅF was previously known as Ångpanneföreningen.ÅF is the main sponsor of ÅF Golden League....
, a Swedish technical consulting company
Health, technology and science
- Advanced FormatAdvanced FormatAdvanced Format is a generic term pertaining to any sector format used to store data on the magnetic disks in hard disk drives that exceeds 512 to 520 bytes per sector. Advanced Format is also considered a milestone technology in the history of hard-drive storage, where data has been processed in...
, 4,096 (4K) bytes-per-sector - Atrial fibrillationAtrial fibrillationAtrial fibrillation is the most common cardiac arrhythmia . It is a common cause of irregular heart beat, identified clinically by taking a pulse. Chaotic electrical activity in the two upper chambers of the heart result in the muscle fibrillating , instead of achieving coordinated contraction...
, a form of cardiac arrhythmia - Anaerobic filterAnaerobic filterIn sewage treatment systems, an anaerobic filter is a form of anaerobic digester. The digestion tank contains a filter medium where anaerobic microbial populations — organisms that live in the absence of oxygen — can establish themselves. Such filters are commonly employed in the treatment of...
, a type of anaerobic digester - Anisotropic filteringAnisotropic filteringIn 3D computer graphics, anisotropic filtering is a method of enhancing the image quality of textures on surfaces that are at oblique viewing angles with respect to the camera where the projection of the texture appears to be non-orthogonal In 3D computer graphics, anisotropic filtering...
- AutofocusAutofocusAn autofocus optical system uses a sensor, a control system and a motor to focus fully automatic or on a manually selected point or area. An electronic rangefinder has a display instead of the motor; the adjustment of the optical system has to be done manually until indication...
- Audio frequencyAudio frequencyAn audio frequency or audible frequency is characterized as a periodic vibration whose frequency is audible to the average human...
- Alternative frequency
Places
- American Fork, UtahAmerican Fork, UtahAmerican Fork is a city in Utah County, Utah, United States, at the foot of Mount Timpanogos in the Wasatch Range, north of Utah Lake. It is part of the Provo–Orem, Utah Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 26,263 at the 2010 census, nearly a 20% growth since the 2000 census...
- AfghanistanAfghanistanAfghanistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, is a landlocked country located in the centre of Asia, forming South Asia, Central Asia and the Middle East. With a population of about 29 million, it has an area of , making it the 42nd most populous and 41st largest nation in the world...
, the 2-letter ISO, FIPS 10-4 and obsolete NATO country code for Afghanistan - Midway AtollMidway AtollMidway Atoll is a atoll in the North Pacific Ocean, near the northwestern end of the Hawaiian archipelago, about one-third of the way between Honolulu, Hawaii, and Tokyo, Japan. Unique among the Hawaiian islands, Midway observes UTC-11 , eleven hours behind Coordinated Universal Time and one hour...
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Other fiction
- AF (Action Figures)AF (Action Figures)AF or the Action Force were the third generation of Action Force action figures and comic book heroes released in the United Kingdom. Originally featuring in the Battle Action Force comics and cast as action figures by Palitoy, they were an internationally re-worked version of the G.I...
or the Action Force, part of the European version of the G.I. Joe toy and comicbook universe - Af, one of the Angels Of PunishmentAngels Of PunishmentThe Angels of Punishment are mythical characters outlined in Gustav Davidson's 1994 book A Dictionary of Angels, Including the Fallen Angels...
, mythical character outlined in Gustav Davidson's 1994 book A Dictionary of Angels, Including the Fallen Angels.
Music
- Anti-FlagAnti-FlagAnti-Flag is a punk rock band from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in the United States, formed in 1988. The band is well known for its outspoken political views. Much of the band's lyrics have focused on fervent anti-war activism, criticism of United States foreign policy, corporatism, U.S. wealth...
- American punk rock band - Arcade Fire - Canadian indie rock band
- A.F. (band)
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- acre-feet, the quantity of water that covers one acre to a depth of one foot; equal to 43,560 cubic feet or 325,851 gallons
- af, the ISO 639 code for the Afrikaans language