FF
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FF, ff, or fF may refer to:
- ‹ff›, a Latin alphabet digraph; it is used in English orthography to represent the same sound as single ‹f›, /f/
- ff, a typographic ligature
- 255 (number)255 (number)255 is the natural number following 254 and preceding 256.-In mathematics:Its factorization makes it a sphenic number. Since 255 = 28 - 1, it is a Mersenne number, and the fourth such number not to be a prime number...
(hexadecimal: FF16), the natural number following 254 and preceding 256 - Femtofarad (fF), 1×10−15 faradFaradThe farad is the SI unit of capacitance. The unit is named after the English physicist Michael Faraday.- Definition :A farad is the charge in coulombs which a capacitor will accept for the potential across it to change 1 volt. A coulomb is 1 ampere second...
s or units of capacitance - Fula languageFula languageThe Fula or Fulani language is a language of West Africa. It is spoken as a first language by the and related groups from Senegambia and Guinea to Cameroon and Sudan...
(ISO 639-1 code ff), a language of West Africa - Mukti BahiniMukti BahiniMukti Bahini , also termed as the "Freedom Fighters" or FFs, collectively refers to the armed organizations who fought against the Pakistan Army during the Bangladesh Liberation War. It was dynamically formed by Bengali regulars and civilians after the proclamation of Bangladesh's independence on...
(Freedom Fighters), the armed organizations who fought against the Pakistan Army during the Bangladesh Liberation War - Tower AirTower AirTower Air was a certificated FAR 121 schedule and charter U.S. airline that operated from 1983 until 2000, when the company declared bankruptcy and was liquidated. Scheduled flights were initially offered over a New York - Brussels - Tel Aviv route in addition to charter flights to Athens,...
(IATA code: FF), a certificated FAR 121 schedule and charter U.S. airline that operated from 1983 until 2000
Comics
- Fantastic FourFantastic FourThe Fantastic Four is a fictional superhero team appearing in comic books published by Marvel Comics. The group debuted in The Fantastic Four #1 , which helped to usher in a new level of realism in the medium...
, a fictional superhero team appearing in comic books published by Marvel Comics - Future FoundationFuture FoundationFuture Foundation is a fictional organization appearing in comics published by Marvel Comics. Created by writer Jonathan Hickman, the team first appeared in Fantastic Four #579 and stars in the series FF, written by Hickman and illustrated by Steve Epting...
, a fictional superhero team that replaced the Fantastic Four after the death of Johnny Storm, also published by Marvel Comics
Film
- Film festivalFilm festivalA film festival is an organised, extended presentation of films in one or more movie theaters or screening venues, usually in a single locality. More and more often film festivals show part of their films to the public by adding outdoor movie screenings...
, an organised, extended presentation of films in one or more movie theaters or screening venues - Finos Film, a film production company that dominated the Greek film industry from 1943 to 1977
Television
- Family FeudFamily FeudFamily Feud is an American television game show created by Mark Goodson and Bill Todman. Two families compete against each other in a contest to name the most popular responses to a survey question posed to 100 people...
, an American television game show- Family FortunesFamily FortunesFamily Fortunes is a British game show, based on the American game show Family Feud. The programme ran on ITV from 6 January 1980 to 6 December 2002 before being revived by the same channel in 2006 under the title of All Star Family Fortunes...
, a British game show, based on the American game show Family Feud
- Family Fortunes
- Fast Forward (TV series), an Australian commercial television sketch comedy show
- Fat FriendsFat FriendsFat Friends is an ITV drama , following a group of overweight people, their laughter and pain and addresses the absurdities of dieting in our modern age. The drama looks at people and how they relate to one another and use body weight as an excuse for all sorts of failings in their relationships,...
, an ITV drama following a group of overweight people - FlashForwardFlashforwardA flashforward is an interjected scene that takes the narrative forward in time from the current point of the story in literature, film, television and other media. Flashforwards are often used to represent events expected, projected, or imagined to occur in the future...
, an American television series - French FieldsFrench FieldsFrench Fields is a British situation comedy. It ran for 19 episodes from 1989-1991. It was written by John T. Chapman and Ian Davidson and was produced by Thames Television for ITV....
, a British situation comedy - Fresh FieldsFresh FieldsFresh Fields is a British situation comedy written by John T. Chapman and produced by Thames Television for ITV between 1984 and 1986. The show is well remembered for its opening titles featuring a silhouette of a person in a rocking chair....
, a British situation comedy
Literature
- Fan fictionFan fictionFan fiction is a broadly-defined term for fan labor regarding stories about characters or settings written by fans of the original work, rather than by the original creator...
, fan labor regarding stories about characters or settings written by fans of the original work - FantasyFantasyFantasy is a genre of fiction that commonly uses magic and other supernatural phenomena as a primary element of plot, theme, or setting. Many works within the genre take place in imaginary worlds where magic is common...
fiction, a genre that uses magic and other supernatural phenomena as a primary element of plot, theme, and/or setting - Flashforward (novel)Flashforward (novel)Flashforward is a science fiction novel by Canadian author Robert J. Sawyer first published in 1999. The novel is set in 2009. At CERN, the Large Hadron Collider accelerator is performing a run to search for the Higgs boson. The experiment has a unique side effect: the entire human race loses...
, a science fiction novel by Canadian author Robert J. Sawyer first published in 1999
Music
- Femme FataleFemme Fatale (Britney Spears album)Femme Fatale is the seventh studio album by American recording artist Britney Spears. The album was released on March 25, 2011 by Jive Records . Recorded between 2009 and 2011, the album featured Spears working mainly alongside longtime collaborators Max Martin and Dr. Luke, who served as the...
, Britney SpearsBritney SpearsBritney Jean Spears is an American recording artist and entertainer. Born in McComb, Mississippi, and raised in Kentwood, Louisiana, Spears began performing as a child, landing acting roles in stage productions and television shows. She signed with Jive Records in 1997 and released her debut album...
seventh album. - FF, a song by the band Umphrey's McGeeUmphrey's McGeeUmphrey's McGee is an American progressive rock jam band based in Chicago whose music is often referred to as "progressive improvisation", or "improg" ....
from the band's first album, Greatest Hits Vol. III - FF / VinterNoll2FF / VinterNoll2"FF / VinterNoll2" is a single CD by the Swedish band Kent released in 2002.The single actually comes with two CDs. The CD is a double A-side in gatefold cardboard picture sleeve. There are technically two covers of the album, and they're connected. The only difference being that one says FF and...
, a single CD by the Swedish band Kent - Fear FactoryFear FactoryFear Factory is an American industrial metal band. Formed in 1989, they have released seven full-length albums and a number of singles and remixes. Over the course of their career they have evolved from a succession of styles, as well as steadily pioneered a combination of the styles death metal,...
, an American heavy metal band - Flavor FlavFlavor FlavWilliam Jonathan Drayton, Jr. , better known by his stage name Flavor Flav, is an American rapper and television personality who rose to prominence as a member of the rap group Public Enemy...
(born 1959), American rapper and television personality - Fleet FoxesFleet FoxesFleet Foxes are a folk rock band which formed in Seattle, Washington. They are signed to the Sub Pop and Bella Union record labels. The band came to prominence in 2008 with the release of their second EP, Sun Giant, and their debut full length album Fleet Foxes...
, a Seattle-based folk band - Foo FightersFoo FightersFoo Fighters is an American alternative rock band originally formed in 1994 by Nirvana drummer Dave Grohl as a one-man project following the dissolution of his previous band. The band got its name from the UFOs and various aerial phenomena that were reported by Allied aircraft pilots in World War...
, an American rock band from Seattle, Washington - Fortissimo (ff), a dynamic indicatorDynamics (music)In music, dynamics normally refers to the volume of a sound or note, but can also refer to every aspect of the execution of a given piece, either stylistic or functional . The term is also applied to the written or printed musical notation used to indicate dynamics...
in music for "very loud" - Franz Ferdinand (band)Franz Ferdinand (band)Franz Ferdinand are a Scottish post-punk revival band formed in Glasgow in 2002. The band is composed of Alex Kapranos , Bob Hardy , Nick McCarthy , and Paul Thomson .The band first experienced chart success when their second single, "Take Me Out", reached #3 in...
, a rock band formed in Glasgow in 2002 - Frou Frou (band), a British electronic music duo composed of Imogen Heap and Guy Sigsworth
Games
- Fatal FrameFatal FrameFatal Frame, known as Project Zero in the PAL region, and Zero Zero in Japan, is a survival horror video game series consisting of four installments and a spin-off. The first and second games in the series were released for the PlayStation 2 and the Xbox, the third has been released for the...
, a survival horror video game series - Fatal Fury (series), a fighting game series developed by SNK for the Neo Geo system
- Fiend FolioFiend FolioFiend Folio is the title shared by three products published for successive editions of the fantasy role-playing game Dungeons & Dragons...
, three separate catalogues of monsters for the fantasy role-playing game Dungeons & Dragons - Fighting FantasyFighting FantasyFighting Fantasy is a series of single-player fantasy roleplay gamebooks created by Steve Jackson and Ian Livingstone. The first volumes in the series were published by Puffin in 1982, with the rights to the franchise eventually being purchased by Wizard Books in 2002...
, a series of single-player fantasy roleplay gamebooks created by Steve Jackson and Ian Livingstone - Final FantasyFinal Fantasyis a media franchise created by Hironobu Sakaguchi, and is developed and owned by Square Enix . The franchise centers on a series of fantasy and science-fantasy role-playing video games , but includes motion pictures, anime, printed media, and other merchandise...
, a media franchise created by Hironobu Sakaguchi, and is developed and owned by Square Enix - Final FightFinal Fightis a side-scrolling beat-'em-up game originally released by Capcom as a coin-operated video game in . It was the seventh game released by Capcom for their CP System arcade game hardware...
, a side-scrolling beat-'em-up game released by Capcom - Fortress ForeverFortress ForeverFortress Forever is a Half-Life 2 mod that uses the game's Source Engine. The game is based on Team Fortress Classic, but has been created entirely from scratch by the Fortress Forever development team...
, a Half-Life 2 mod that uses the game's Source Engine - Freedom Force (2002 video game)Freedom Force (2002 video game)Freedom Force is a real-time tactical role-playing game developed by Irrational Games and published by Electronic Arts and Crave Entertainment in 2002. The player guides a team of superheroes as they defend Patriot City from a variety of villains, monsters, and other menaces. A sequel, Freedom...
, a real-time tactical role-playing game - Freeway Flyboys, an unreleased version of the Super Famicom racing game Uchuu Race: Astro Go! Go!
- "FF" as a reference to online First Person Shooter ( ie - Counter Strike Source ) where Friendly Fire is enabled.
Business
- Faber and FaberFaber and FaberFaber and Faber Limited, often abbreviated to Faber, is an independent publishing house in the UK, notable in particular for publishing a great deal of poetry and for its former editor T. S. Eliot. Faber has a rich tradition of publishing a wide range of fiction, non fiction, drama, film and music...
, a British publishing house - Fieldbus FoundationFieldbus FoundationThe Fieldbus Foundation is an organization dedicated to a single international, interoperable fieldbus standard. It was established in September 1994 by a merger of WorldFIP North America and the Interoperable Systems Project...
, a not-for-profit corporation dedicated to the fieldbus networking standard - Flat fee, also known as "flat rate", or "linear rate"
- FontFont, a font library by FSI FontShop InternationalFSI FontShop InternationalFSI FontShop International is an international manufacturer of digital typefaces , based in Berlin and one of the large type foundries that exist today.All the typefaces are published as part of the FontFont library...
- Freight forwarderFreight forwarderA freight forwarder, forwarder, or forwarding agent is a person or company that organizes shipments for individuals or other companies and may also act as a carrier...
, a third party logistics provider
Culture
- Flirty FishingFlirty fishingFlirty Fishing is a form of evangelistic religious prostitution practiced from around 1974 to 1987 by female members in the new religious movement, the Children of God, now known as The Family International.-Etymology, definition:...
, a sexual form of proselytisation formerly employed by the Children of God / Family of Love religious movement - Fulfulde language, a language of West Africa
- Full-forwardFull-forwardFull-forward is a position in Australian rules football and Gaelic football with a key focus on kicking goals.Leading full-forwards of the Australian Football League are usually among those awarded with the Coleman Medal for the most goals in an AFL season....
in Australian rules or Gaelic football - Foot fetishismFoot fetishismFoot fetishism, foot partialism, foot worship, or podophilia is a pronounced sexual interest in feet. It is the most common form of sexual preference for otherwise non-sexual objects or body parts.-Characteristics:...
, a pronounced sexual interest in feet - Furry fandomFurry fandomFurry fandom is a fandom for fictional anthropomorphic animal characters with human personalities and characteristics. Examples of anthropomorphic attributes include exhibiting human intelligence and facial expressions, the ability to speak, walk on two legs, and wear clothes...
- #FF - A Twitter hashtag for Follow Friday
Government, military, and politics
- Fianna FáilFianna FáilFianna Fáil – The Republican Party , more commonly known as Fianna Fáil is a centrist political party in the Republic of Ireland, founded on 23 March 1926. Fianna Fáil's name is traditionally translated into English as Soldiers of Destiny, although a more accurate rendition would be Warriors of Fál...
, an Irish political party - Félix FénéonFélix FénéonFélix Fénéon was a Parisian anarchist and art critic during the late 19th century...
, a French anarchist - Friendly fireFriendly fireFriendly fire is inadvertent firing towards one's own or otherwise friendly forces while attempting to engage enemy forces, particularly where this results in injury or death. A death resulting from a negligent discharge is not considered friendly fire...
, harm inflicted upon a soldier by an ally - NATO hull classification symbol for a frigateFrigateA frigate is any of several types of warship, the term having been used for ships of various sizes and roles over the last few centuries.In the 17th century, the term was used for any warship built for speed and maneuverability, the description often used being "frigate-built"...
- Tailflash designation for U.S. Air Force aircraft stationed at Langley Air Force Base, Virginia
- The initials FF appear on the Irish Defence Forces cap badgeIrish Defence Forces cap badgeThe Irish Defence Forces Cap Badge is – in distinction to the practice in British, Commonwealth, and many other militaries around the world – common to all services and corps...
- Grumman FFGrumman FF|-See also:-References:NotesBibliography* Cacutt, Len, ed. "Grumman Single-Seat Biplane Fighters." Great Aircraft of the World. London: Marshall Cavendish, 1989. ISBN 1-85435-250-4....
, a US Navy biplane fighter of the 1930s
Technology
- Fast forwardFast forwardTo fast-forward means to move forward through a recording at a speed faster than that at which it would usually be played. The recordings are usually audio, video, or computer data...
, the forward movement through an audio or video recording faster than the speed at which it was originally recorded - Feet forwards motorcycleFeet forwards motorcycleA Feet First Motorcycle is a class of motorcycle design that seeks to look at the two-wheeled concept afresh, and create a new form of practical personal transport...
- FF layoutFF layoutIn automotive design, an FF, or Front-engine, Front-wheel drive layout places both the internal combustion engine and driven roadwheels at the front of the vehicle.-Usage implications:...
, a car designed with a front engine and front-wheel drive - FurylfuramideFurylfuramideFurylfuramide is a synthetic nitrofuran derivative which was widely used as a food preservative in Japan since at least 1965, but withdrawn from the market in 1974 when it was observed to be mutagenic to bacteria in vitro and thus suspected of carcinogenicity...
, an early food preservative discovered to be a carcinogen - Feature freeze (Software engineering)
- Ferguson Formula, Ferguson Research LtdFerguson-Places:In Canada:* Ferguson Avenue In the United States:* Ferguson, Arkansas* Ferguson, Iowa* Ferguson, Kentucky* Ferguson, Missouri, a suburb of St...
's term for 4WD
Computing and electronics
- File formatFile formatA file format is a particular way that information is encoded for storage in a computer file.Since a disk drive, or indeed any computer storage, can store only bits, the computer must have some way of converting information to 0s and 1s and vice-versa. There are different kinds of formats for...
, any of numerous ways to encode information on digital media. Occasionally appears abbreviated as ff within particular file format extensions- .ff file format, used by game developer Infinity WardInfinity WardInfinity Ward is an American video game developer. Infinity Ward is responsible for the development of the video game Call of Duty and four other installments in the Call of Duty franchise....
to store data securely - .ff file format, used by imaging technologies corporation Agfa-GevaertAgfa-GevaertAgfa-Gevaert N.V. is a European multinational corporation that develops, manufactures, and distributes analogue and digital imaging products and systems, as well as IT solutions. The company has three divisions. Agfa Graphics offers integrated prepress and industrial inkjet systems to the...
to store font outline data - .ff file format, used by Arris CAD for SigmacSigmac-History:It was developed in the early 1980's by Sigma Design, Ltd. of Englewood, Colorado, for use with the Sigma Graphics CAD System. -History:It was developed in the early 1980's by Sigma Design, Ltd. of Englewood, Colorado, for use with the Sigma Graphics CAD System. -History:It was developed...
source code
- .ff file format, used by game developer Infinity Ward
- Fill factorFill factorFill factor may refer to:*Fill factor , the ratio of maximum obtainable power to the product of the open-circuit voltage and short-circuit current*In vision science, the ratio of view areas to the object visible areas....
, a term applied to vision- or light-related parameters - FileFrontFileFrontGameFront is a video game website that provides patches, demos, modifications, and other user generated game related content.- History and ownership :...
, a video game download service - Mozilla FirefoxMozilla FirefoxMozilla Firefox is a free and open source web browser descended from the Mozilla Application Suite and managed by Mozilla Corporation. , Firefox is the second most widely used browser, with approximately 25% of worldwide usage share of web browsers...
, officially abbreviated Fx rather than FF, a web browser - Flip-flop (electronics)Flip-flop (electronics)In electronics, a flip-flop or latch is a circuit that has two stable states and can be used to store state information. The circuit can be made to change state by signals applied to one or more control inputs and will have one or two outputs. It is the basic storage element in sequential logic...
, a digital electronic circuit memory element - Form Feed, a control character in the C0 control code set used in ASCII
- Full-frame digital SLR, a camera fitted with an image sensor equivalent in size to traditional 35mm film
- FriendFeedFriendFeedFriendFeed is a real-time feed aggregator that consolidates the updates from social media and social networking websites, social bookmarking websites, blogs and micro-blogging updates, as well as any other type of RSS/ Atom feed...
, a real-time feed aggregator - FormatFactoryFormatFactory- External links :* and on CNet on Stern's web site in netzwelt in Computerra...
, a file converter program - Adobe Font FolioAdobe Font FolioAdobe Font Folio is a collection of over 2300 OpenType fonts, designed by several renowned type foundries. , there were around 10,000 fonts available in OpenType format. Adobe's font library makes up under a third of the total, all of which are included in Font Folio.-Version History:* Version 7,...
, a program from Adobe Systems
Other
- Filtration fractionFiltration fractionIn renal physiology, the filtration fraction is the ratio of the glomerular filtration rate to the renal plasma flow .Filtration Fraction , FF = GFR/RPF...
in renal physiology - FF, a large brassiere cup size
- FF, an abbreviation of French FrancFrench francThe franc was a currency of France. Along with the Spanish peseta, it was also a de facto currency used in Andorra . Between 1360 and 1641, it was the name of coins worth 1 livre tournois and it remained in common parlance as a term for this amount of money...
- Formula FordFormula FordFormula Ford is a single seater, open wheel class in motorsport which exists in some form in many countries around the world. It is an entry-level series to motor racing....
SCCA class designator FF - ff. (sing. f.), implies and the following pages, usually as a suffix to a page number in the index of a book
- ff - Südtiroler WochenmagazinFf - Südtiroler WochenmagazinThe ff - Südtiroler Wochenmagazin is an Italy-based weekly journal for local politics, economy, society and culture, published for the German-speaking public of South Tyrol...
, an Italian weekly journal published in German language - Fisherman's FriendFisherman's FriendFisherman's Friend is a brand of strong menthol lozenges produced by Lofthouse company in Fleetwood, Lancashire, England.- History :Fisherman's Friend was originally developed by a young pharmacist named James Lofthouse in 1865 to relieve various respiratory problems suffered by fishermen working...
, a brand of throat lozenges - Fist Fuck (or Fist Fucking), the sexual practice of fistingFistingFisting is a sexual activity that involves inserting a hand into the vagina or rectum. Once insertion is complete, the fingers either naturally clench into a fist or remain straight. In more vigorous forms of fisting, such as "punching", a fully clenched fist may be inserted and withdrawn slowly...
- Jensen FFJensen FFThe Jensen FF was a four-wheel drive Grand Tourer car produced by the British manufacturer Jensen Motors between 1966 and 1971. It was the first non all-terrain production car equipped with 4WD and an anti-lock braking system — the Dunlop Maxaret mechanical system used hitherto only on...
, the "safety supercar" of the sixties and seventies; it was the first non all-terrain production car equipped with 4WD and an anti-lock braking system - Ferrari FFFerrari FFThe Ferrari FF is a grand tourer presented by Ferrari on March 1, 2011 at Geneva Motor Show. It is Ferrari's first production four-wheel drive model and has been described as a shooting-brake. It will replace the 612 Scaglietti. The FF has a top speed of and it accelerates from zero to in 3.7...
, a sports car
See also
- FFF (disambiguation)
- Final Fantasy (disambiguation)Final Fantasy (disambiguation)Final Fantasy is a media franchise originating from a role-playing video game of the same name, which debuted on the Nintendo Entertainment System in 1987.Final Fantasy may also refer to:...
- FRF (disambiguation)