FS
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FS, fS, and fs may refer to:
Computing & technology
- Formula StudentFormula StudentFormula Student is a student engineering competition held annually in the UK. Student teams from around the world design, build, test, and race a small-scale formula style racing car. The cars are judged on a number of criteria as listed below...
, a student engineering competition held annually in the UK - File Separator, a character in the C0 and C1 control codesC0 and C1 control codesMost character encodings, in addition to representing printable characters, may also represent additional information about the text, such as the position of a cursor, an instruction to start a new line, or a message that the text has been received...
- File serverFile serverIn computing, a file server is a computer attached to a network that has the primary purpose of providing a location for shared disk access, i.e. shared storage of computer files that can be accessed by the workstations that are attached to the computer network...
, a form of disk storage - File systemFile systemA file system is a means to organize data expected to be retained after a program terminates by providing procedures to store, retrieve and update data, as well as manage the available space on the device which contain it. A file system organizes data in an efficient manner and is tuned to the...
, in computer science and database theory - Full scaleFull scaleIn electronics and signal processing, full scale or full code represents the maximum amplitude a system can present.-Electronics and signal processing:...
or FS, the maximum measurable value - Fullscreen, the picture format as opposed to widescreen
- FrugooSoft, a community & interaction site
- FS register in X86 computer architecture
- Future SystemIBM Future Systems projectThe Future Systems project was a research and development project undertaken in IBM in the early '70s, aiming to develop a revolutionary line of computer products, including new software models which would simplify software development by exploiting modern powerful hardware.- Background and goals...
a failed IBM project to develop a computer line to replace System/360
Science and technology
- Fujita scaleFujita scaleThe Fujita scale , or Fujita-Pearson scale, is a scale for rating tornado intensity, based primarily on the damage tornadoes inflict on human-built structures and vegetation...
(F-Scale), or Fujita-Pearson scale, is a scale for rating tornado intensity - Full scaleFull scaleIn electronics and signal processing, full scale or full code represents the maximum amplitude a system can present.-Electronics and signal processing:...
, the maximum amplitude a system can present - Flank speedFlank speedFlank speed is a nautical term referring to a ship's true maximum speed, beyond the speed that can be reached by traveling at full speed. Usually, flank speed is reserved for situations in which a ship finds itself in imminent danger, such as coming under attack by aircraft...
, a ship's true maximum speed
Transportation
- Ferrocarril de SóllerFerrocarril de SóllerThe Ferrocarril de Sóller or FS is an interurban railway and the name for the company which operates the electrified gauge tracks running between the towns of Sóller and Palma on the Spanish island of Mallorca...
, a railway on Majorca - Ferrovie dello StatoFerrovie dello StatoFerrovie dello Stato is a government-owned holding which manage infrastructure and service on the Italian rail network. The subsidiary Trenitalia is the main rail operator in Italy.-Organization:Ferrovie dello Stato subsidiaries are:...
, the Italian railways - ItAli AirlinesItAli AirlinesItAli Airlines S.p.A. is an airline based in Rome. It operates regional scheduled, charter and cargo services, as well as air taxi flights. Its main base is Leonardo da Vinci-Fiumicino International Airport, Rome.- History :...
, IATA airline designator
Health and medicine
- Fibrin sealant, type of surgical tissue adhesive used during surgery to control bleeding
- Flight SurgeonFlight surgeonA flight surgeon is a military medical officer assigned to duties in the clinical field variously known as aviation medicine, aerospace medicine, or flight medicine...
, physicians who are primarily responsible for the medical evaluation, certification and treatment of aviation personnel - Fractional shortening of the heart
Military
- Fin-stabilized projectiles, such as APFSDS or HEATHeatIn physics and thermodynamics, heat is energy transferred from one body, region, or thermodynamic system to another due to thermal contact or thermal radiation when the systems are at different temperatures. It is often described as one of the fundamental processes of energy transfer between...
-FS (ammunition for tank guns) - Fire SupportFire supportFire support is long-range firepower provided to a front-line military unit. Typically, fire support is provided by artillery or close air support , and is used to shape the battlefield or, more optimistically, define the battle...
, a military term - Flight SergeantFlight SergeantFlight sergeant is a senior non-commissioned rank in the British Royal Air Force and several other air forces which have adopted all or part of the RAF rank structure...
, a non-commissioned officer in some air forces - Flight SimulatorFlight simulatorA flight simulator is a device that artificially re-creates aircraft flight and various aspects of the flight environment. This includes the equations that govern how aircraft fly, how they react to applications of their controls and other aircraft systems, and how they react to the external...
, a simulator that tries to replicate the experience of flying for military personnel - Flight SurgeonFlight surgeonA flight surgeon is a military medical officer assigned to duties in the clinical field variously known as aviation medicine, aerospace medicine, or flight medicine...
, physicians who are primarily responsible for the medical evaluation, certification and treatment of aviation personnel - French Ship, a NATO prefix for ships of the French NavyFrench NavyThe French Navy, officially the Marine nationale and often called La Royale is the maritime arm of the French military. It includes a full range of fighting vessels, from patrol boats to a nuclear powered aircraft carrier and 10 nuclear-powered submarines, four of which are capable of launching...
Mathematics
- Fourier seriesFourier seriesIn mathematics, a Fourier series decomposes periodic functions or periodic signals into the sum of a set of simple oscillating functions, namely sines and cosines...
, a mathematical tool used for analyzing periodic functions -
, symbol for the Sampling rateSampling rateThe sampling rate, sample rate, or sampling frequency defines the number of samples per unit of time taken from a continuous signal to make a discrete signal. For time-domain signals, the unit for sampling rate is hertz , sometimes noted as Sa/s...
Sports
- Fox Sports (United States)
- Free Safety, one variation of the defensive back position in American football
- Free skatingFree skatingThe free skating competition of figure skating, sometimes called the "free skate" or "long program", is usually the second of two phases in major figure skating competitions in single skating and pair skating. It is the longer of the two programs, the other one being the Short Program...
, the second part of a figure skating competition - Freestyle (disambiguation), an extrem sport way to practise it
Other
- FS (musician)FS (musician)FS is an American dubstep producer and DJ from New York. He is the founding owner of Patriarch Recordings, a record label and creative agency, for which he produces independent artists and scores music for TV and film. In 2011 he released the Touch O Klass EP on Play Me Records, and both "Yup" and...
, a musician - French Southern TerritoriesFrench Southern TerritoriesThe French Southern and Antarctic Lands , full name Territory of the French Southern and Antarctic Lands , consist of:...
: FIPS PUB 10-4 territory code (excluding the Terre Adélie portion of Antarctica) - Full Sail Real World EducationFull Sail Real World EducationFull Sail University is a for profit trade school located in Winter Park, Florida, and founded in 1979 in Dayton, Ohio, as Full Sail Recording Workshop. Full Sail relocated to Florida in 1980, adding video production and film production courses and, with the move in 1989 to its current campus,...
, a university in Florida dedicated to real world education in the entertainment industry* Fine StructureFine structureIn atomic physics, the fine structure describes the splitting of the spectral lines of atoms due to first order relativistic corrections.The gross structure of line spectra is the line spectra predicted by non-relativistic electrons with no spin. For a hydrogenic atom, the gross structure energy... - Future ShopFuture ShopFuture Shop is Canada's largest consumer electronics retailer. Future Shop currently operates a total of 146 stores across all of Canada's provinces as of December 2008....
, Canada's largest online and brick and mortar consumer electronics retailer - Franco's Spain, Francisco Franco's leadership of Spain
- For SaleFor Sale-Track listing:# "Who Are You?"# "Allright"# "Suzy"# "Missing"# "Save Me"# "She's So Happy To Be"# "It Can Happen"# "Interlude"# "In The Name"# "Still"# "Pure"#*Lead vocals: Volker Hinkel# "Monday Morning Girl"# "Noone's Song"...
- Federal Standard 595Federal Standard 595The Federal Standard color system, officially named Federal Standard 595C - Colors Used in Government Procurement, is a United States Federal Standard, issued by the General Services Administration...
, a United States Federal standard used to define color shades - Frankfurt SchoolFrankfurt SchoolThe Frankfurt School refers to a school of neo-Marxist interdisciplinary social theory, particularly associated with the Institute for Social Research at the University of Frankfurt am Main...
, a neo-Marxist school of social theory - Flipnote Studio, a DSi software to make animtions
- Full ServiceFull serviceFull service is a term that has many different uses. In general the term implies that the customer will receive as much service as is reasonably possible.-Gas station:...
, conventional sexual intercourse - Financial Secretary (Hong Kong)Financial Secretary (Hong Kong)Financial Secretary , often abbreviated as FS, is a position of the Government of Hong Kong. The FS assists the Chief Executive in supervising the policy bureaux as directed by the CE, mostly finance and economy-related, and plays a key role in ensuring harmonisation in policy formulation and...
- Femtosecond, an SI unit of time
- Frameshift mutationFrameshift mutationA frameshift mutation is a genetic mutation caused by indels of a number of nucleotides that is not evenly divisible by three from a DNA sequence...
, a genetic mutation - Femtosiemens, a measure of siemens (unit)Siemens (unit)The siemens is the SI derived unit of electric conductance and electric admittance. Conductance and admittance are the reciprocals of resistance and impedance respectively, hence one siemens is equal to the reciprocal of one ohm, and is sometimes referred to as the mho. In English, the term...
an SI unit of electric conductance - FS, symphonic musical compositions assigned by Dan Fog and Torben Schousboe to the works of Carl NielsenCarl NielsenCarl August Nielsen , , widely recognised as Denmark's greatest composer, was also a conductor and a violinist. Brought up by poor but musically talented parents on the island of Funen, he demonstrated his musical abilities at an early age...
- FS, an american post-rock band from Greenville, NC