FEC
Encyclopedia
FEC is an acronym which may refer to:
- Foreign exchange certificateForeign exchange certificateA foreign exchange certificate, sometimes abbreviated to FEC, is a type of currency. Foreign exchange certificates are sometimes used by governments as a surrogate for a national currency, where the national currency is usually subject to exchange controls or is not convertible...
, a type of currency - Forward error correctionForward error correctionIn telecommunication, information theory, and coding theory, forward error correction or channel coding is a technique used for controlling errors in data transmission over unreliable or noisy communication channels....
, a system of error control for data transmission - Family entertainment centerFamily entertainment centerA family entertainment center , often abbreviated FEC in the entertainment industry, is a small amusement park marketed towards families with small children to teenagers, and often entirely indoors or associated with a larger operation such as a theme park...
, a small amusement park or indoor equivalent intended for family fun - Fellow of Engineers Canada
- Frank Erwin CenterFrank Erwin CenterFrank C. Erwin, Jr. Special Events Center, commonly known as Frank Erwin Center or UT Erwin Center, is a multi-purpose arena on the campus of The University of Texas at Austin...
, a multi-purpose facility on the campus of the University of Texas
Businesses and Organizations
- Far Eastern College, founded in 1919 in the City of Manila, Philippines
- Florida East Coast RailwayFlorida East Coast RailwayThe Florida East Coast Railway is a Class II railroad operating in the U.S. state of Florida; in the past, it has been a Class I railroad.Built primarily in the last quarter of the 19th century and the first decade of the 20th century, the FEC was a project of Standard Oil principal Henry Morrison...
, an American railroad instrumental in the economic development of FloridaFloridaFlorida is a state in the southeastern United States, located on the nation's Atlantic and Gulf coasts. It is bordered to the west by the Gulf of Mexico, to the north by Alabama and Georgia and to the east by the Atlantic Ocean. With a population of 18,801,310 as measured by the 2010 census, it... - Family Equality CouncilFamily Equality CouncilFamily Equality Council is national American advocacy organization committed to securing family equality for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and questioning parents, guardians and allies.- History :...
, advocates for families headed by same-sex couples - Federal Election CommissionFederal Election CommissionThe Federal Election Commission is an independent regulatory agency that was founded in 1975 by the United States Congress to regulate the campaign finance legislation in the United States. It was created in a provision of the 1975 amendment to the Federal Election Campaign Act...
, administers and enforces campaign finance legislation in the United States - Far Eastern CommissionFar Eastern CommissionIt was agreed at the Moscow Conference of Foreign Ministers, and made public in communique issued at the end of the conference on December 27, 1945 that the Far Eastern Advisory Commission would become the Far Eastern Commission , it would be based in Washington, and would oversee the Allied...
, policy making commission for post war Japan - Federación Ecuatoriana de Ciclismo, national governing body of cycle racing in Ecuador
- Fec Publishing, an imprint of the German group VDM Publishing devoted to the reproduction of Wikipedia content
- Further educationFurther educationFurther education is a term mainly used in connection with education in the United Kingdom and Ireland. It is post-compulsory education , that is distinct from the education offered in universities...
College, mainly used in connection with education in the United Kingdom - Farnell (company)Farnell (company)Farnell is a trading name of Premier Farnell, a distributor of electronic components. It was once a significant manufacturer of electronic laboratory and bench equipment, through its subsidiary Farnell Technology but divested itself of manufacturing in 1995...
, UK distributor of electronic components - Federation of Egalitarian CommunitiesFederation of Egalitarian CommunitiesThe Federation of Egalitarian Communities is a group of egalitarian communities which have joined together with the common purpose of creating a lifestyle based on equality, cooperation, and harmony with the Earth....
, a group of intentional communities that subscribe to the same principles - Food Editors‘ Club GermanyFood Editors‘ Club GermanyThe Food Editors‘ Club Germany is the professional association of specialist culinary journalists in Germany. The club currently has about 150 members.- History :...
, an association of specialist culinary journalists in Germany.
Medicine
- Fecal Egg Count, a procedure for determining worm burden in livestock
- Chemotherapy regimen Fluorouracil-epirubicin-cyclophosphamide, a chemotherapy treatment for breast cancer
Technology
- Fast Ethernet Channel, the original name of EtherChannelEtherChannelEtherChannel is a port link aggregation technology or port-channel architecture used primarily on Cisco switches. It allows grouping of several physical Ethernet links to create one logical Ethernet link for the purpose of providing fault-tolerance and high-speed links between switches, routers and...
, is a method for bundling Ethernet channels - Forward error correctionForward error correctionIn telecommunication, information theory, and coding theory, forward error correction or channel coding is a technique used for controlling errors in data transmission over unreliable or noisy communication channels....
, in digital communications coding - Forwarding equivalence classForwarding equivalence classA Forwarding Equivalence Class is a term used in Multiprotocol Label Switching to describe a set of packets with similar and / or identical characteristics which may be forwarded the same way; that is, they may be bound to the same MPLS label....
, in Multiprotocol Label SwitchingMultiprotocol Label SwitchingMultiprotocol Label Switching is a mechanism in high-performance telecommunications networks that directs data from one network node to the next based on short path labels rather than long network addresses, avoiding complex lookups in a routing table. The labels identify virtual links between...