FRC
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The three-letter acronym
FRC can have several different meanings:
Three-letter acronym
A three-letter acronym, three-letter abbreviation, or TLA is an abbreviation, specifically an acronym, alphabetism, or initialism, consisting of three letters...
FRC can have several different meanings:
- Facultad Regional Cordoba, a technical university.
- False Roman Cancel, a technique used in the fighting game series Guilty GearGuilty Gearis a series of sprite-based competitive fighting games by Arc System Works and designed by artist Daisuke Ishiwatari. It is popular with fans for its detailed anime-style graphics, original characters, hard rock/heavy metal soundtrack, unique gameplay, and its numerous references to rock and heavy...
- Family Reading Club, a company located in Florida that sells magazine subscriptions and offers various sweepstakes through their website and "yellow" postcard mailings.
- Family Records CentreFamily Records CentreThe Family Records Centre provided access to family history research sources mainly for England and Wales. It was administered jointly by the General Register Office and The National Archives....
, was the main centre for family history research in England and Wales for over ten years. It opened in 1997 and was located in London. It closed in 2008. - Fast Rescue Craft
- Family Research CouncilFamily Research CouncilThe Family Research Council is a conservative or right-wing Christian group and lobbying organization formed in the United States in 1981 by James Dobson. It was fully incorporated in 1983...
, a Christian non-profit organization. - Family Resource Center, an adoption agency in Chicago, Illinois
- Fast Response Craft (offshore production and exploration)
- Fast Response Cutter
- "F.R.C (Fat Rich Cunts)", a song by The Screaming Jets from their 1991 album All for One
- Fatah - Revolutionary Council, an international terrorist organization, also known as the Abu Nidal Organization
- Federacion de Radioaficionados de CubaFederacion de Radioaficionados de CubaThe Federacion de Radioaficionados de Cuba is a national non-profit organization for amateur radio enthusiasts in Cuba. The FRC claims that 98% of all Cuban amateur radio operators belong to the organization...
, an amateur radio organization in Cuba. - Federal Radio CommissionFederal Radio CommissionThe Federal Radio Commission was a government body that regulated radio use in the United States from its creation in 1926 until its replacement by the Federal Communications Commission in 1934...
- Fenland Research Committee, a British organisation of the 1930s concerned with the archaeology of the East AngliaEast AngliaEast Anglia is a traditional name for a region of eastern England, named after an ancient Anglo-Saxon kingdom, the Kingdom of the East Angles. The Angles took their name from their homeland Angeln, in northern Germany. East Anglia initially consisted of Norfolk and Suffolk, but upon the marriage of...
n fenFenA fen is a type of wetland fed by mineral-rich surface water or groundwater. Fens are characterised by their water chemistry, which is neutral or alkaline, with relatively high dissolved mineral levels but few other plant nutrients... - Fiber-reinforced composite
- Fiber reinforced concreteFiber reinforced concreteFiber-reinforced concrete is concrete containing fibrous material which increases its structural integrity. It contains short discrete fibers that are uniformly distributed and randomly oriented. Fibers include steel fibers, glass fibers, synthetic fibers and natural fibers...
, a concrete with fibers as reinforcements - Field-Reversed ConfigurationField-Reversed ConfigurationA Field-Reversed Configuration is a device developed for magnetic fusion energy research that confines a plasma on closed magnetic field lines without a central penetration....
, a type of magnetic fusion energy device - The Financial Reporting CouncilFinancial Reporting CouncilThe Financial Reporting Council is the UK's independent regulator responsible for promoting high quality corporate governance and reporting to foster investment.-Structure:...
(FRC) is the UK's independent regulator for corporate reporting and governance. - The Finnish Red CrossFinnish Red CrossThe Finnish Red Cross is a part of International Federation of Red Cross, which is one of the biggest and well-known international organisation in the world and on the field of humanitarian aid. FRC has over 90,000 members and around 45,000 active volunteers in Finland. FRC is divided to 12...
, a part of International Federation of Red Cross, which is one of the biggest and well-known NGOs in the world and on the field of humanitarian aidHumanitarian aidHumanitarian aid is material or logistical assistance provided for humanitarian purposes, typically in response to humanitarian crises including natural disaster and man-made disaster. The primary objective of humanitarian aid is to save lives, alleviate suffering, and maintain human dignity...
. - Fiolleau Roofing Company - Saskatchewan based roofing contractor
- FIRST Robotics CompetitionFIRST Robotics CompetitionThe FIRST Robotics Competition is an international high school robotics competition organized by FIRST. Each year, teams of high school students compete to build robots weighing up to , not including battery and bumpers, that can complete a task, which changes every year...
, an annual contest between high schools with regional events across the USA, Canada, Brazil and Israel. - First Round CapitalFirst Round CapitalFirst Round Capital is a venture capital firm that specializes in providing seed-stage funding to technology companies. Managed by Josh Kopelman, Chris Fralic, Rob Hayes and Howard L. Morgan, the Philadelphia-based company typically provides seed-stage investment that ranges from $250,000 to $500,000...
, an early-stage venture capitalVenture capitalVenture capital is financial capital provided to early-stage, high-potential, high risk, growth startup companies. The venture capital fund makes money by owning equity in the companies it invests in, which usually have a novel technology or business model in high technology industries, such as...
firm in the United States. - Fischer Random Chess, a chess variant
- Fixed Roof CoupéCoupéA coupé or coupe is a closed car body style , the precise definition of which varies from manufacturer to manufacturer, and over time...
, a car body styleCar body styleAutomobiles' body styles are highly variable. Some body styles remain in production, while others become less common or obsolete. They may or may not correlate to a car's price, size or intended market classification. The same car model might be available in multiple body styles comprising a...
that mimics a convertibleConvertibleA convertible is a type of automobile in which the roof can retract and fold away having windows which wind-down inside the doors, converting it from an enclosed to an open-air vehicle...
but with a fixed hardtopHardtopA hardtop is a term for a rigid, rather than canvas, automobile roof. It has been used in several contexts: detachable hardtops, retractable hardtop roofs, and the so-called pillarless hardtop body style....
. Mainly used for Chevrolet CorvetteChevrolet CorvetteThe Chevrolet Corvette is a sports car by the Chevrolet division of General Motors that has been produced in six generations. The first model, a convertible, was designed by Harley Earl and introduced at the GM Motorama in 1953 as a concept show car. Myron Scott is credited for naming the car after...
s and Dodge ViperDodge ViperThe first prototype was tested in January 1989. It debuted in 1991 with two pre-production models as the pace car for the Indianapolis 500 when Dodge was forced to substitute it in place of the Japanese-built Stealth because of complaints from the United Auto Workers, and went on sale in January...
s. - Flame-Resistant Clothing, wearing apparel for use in situations where there is risk of arc, flash or thermal burns. In the US, these apparel are regulated by NFPA-70E, ASTM and OSHA standards.
- Folk Research CentreFolk Research CentreThe Folk Research Centre of Saint Lucia has studied and promoted the local music of Saint Lucia since its foundation in 1973....
of Saint Lucia - Fort Richmond CollegiateFort Richmond CollegiateFort Richmond Collegiate is a public high school located in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.-History:Fort Richmond Collegiate was built in 1967, with a total of 14 graduates and has grown during the past 40 years to a total of 208 graduates in 2005...
, is a Canadian public high school in Winnipeg, Manitoba - ForumRunners Clan, a prominent gaming clan known for their emphasis on teamwork-oriented shooters and involvement in the gaming community. Predominantly console gaming with a heavy presence on Xbox Live. Founded 2007.
- Frame Rate ControlFrame Rate ControlFrame Rate Control is a method for achieving higher color quality in low color resolution display panels such as TN+film LCD.Most TN panels represent colors using only 6 bits per RGB color, or 18 bit in total, and are unable to display the 16.7 million color shades that are available from...
, a method of emulation of the missing colors on LCDLiquid crystal displayA liquid crystal display is a flat panel display, electronic visual display, or video display that uses the light modulating properties of liquid crystals . LCs do not emit light directly....
when the color of a pixel is changed slightly with every frame - Frame Redundancy Check (Ethernet)
- Frater Rosae CrucisFrater Rosae CrucisF.R.C. or Frater Rosae Crucis is the title awarded to advanced members of the Rosicrucian Order. This title is awarded specifically to advanced members of the AMORC or Ancient Mystical Order Rosæ Crucis....
, is the title awarded to advanced members of the Rosicrucian Order - French Republican CalendarFrench Republican CalendarThe French Republican Calendar or French Revolutionary Calendar was a calendar created and implemented during the French Revolution, and used by the French government for about 12 years from late 1793 to 1805, and for 18 days by the Paris Commune in 1871...
A calendar used by the French between 1792 and 1805 - Friends, Romans, Countrymen- a Jersey City, NJ, based independent rock band, most active 1990-2001.
- Fuel Rail Covers are an engine accessory to dress up the engine compartment of an automobile
- Functional Residual CapacityFunctional residual capacityFunctional Residual Capacity is the volume of air present in the lungs, specifically the parenchyma tissues, at the end of passive expiration...
is the volume of air present in the lungs at the end of passive expiration (medicine) - Cajun FrenchCajun FrenchCajun French is a variety or dialects of the French language spoken primarily in Louisiana, specifically in the southern and southwestern parishes....
, its ISO 639-3ISO 639-3ISO 639-3:2007, Codes for the representation of names of languages — Part 3: Alpha-3 code for comprehensive coverage of languages, is an international standard for language codes in the ISO 639 series. The standard describes three‐letter codes for identifying languages. It extends the ISO 639-2...
code is 'frc'.