FX
Encyclopedia
Entertainment
- FX (TV channel), an international cable/satellite television network (see article for channels by country)
- F/XF/XF/X is a 1986 American action-thriller film about Rollie Tyler , an expert in the art of special effects with a reputation built by his work on many low-budget hack-and-slash films such as I Dismember Mama...
, a movie set in the world of special effects - F/X: The SeriesF/X: The SeriesF/X: The Series was a television series based on the film F/X, starring Cameron Daddo, Christina Cox, Kevin Dobson , Jacqueline Torres , Carrie-Anne Moss and Jason Blicker. It ran for 40 episodes from 1996 through 1998....
, a television program based on the movie - FX (comics)FX (comics)FX is a six-issue comic book limited series written by creator Wayne Osborne and drawn by John Byrne. It's published by IDW Publishing. The series was the result of a life-long comics fan living his dream by hiring a professional artist to bring his creation to life.-Publication history:FX was a...
, a comic book series published by IDW, drawn by artist John Byrne - "FX", a song by Black Sabbath on the album Black Sabbath Vol. 4
- f(x) (band)F(x) (band)f is a five member South Korean girl group formed by SM Entertainment in 2009. The name is a play on the mathematical notation for function, and when input with different 'x', there can be many different outcomes. f strives to be the kind of girl group that can change and adapt to many situations....
, South Korean girl group
Technology
- Athlon 64 FX, a variant of the AMD Athlon 64 microprocessor
- Infiniti FXInfiniti FXThe Infiniti FX is a mid-size luxury crossover SUV produced by the Nissan-owned Infiniti luxury vehicle brand since the 2003 model year. The FX replaced the QX4 as Infiniti's mid-size luxury-type SUV, although the QX4 was smaller than the FX. It was released at the same time as its competitors,...
, model designation for Infiniti's compact luxury Crossover Utility Vehicles - Toyota KijangToyota KijangThe Kijang is a pick-up or minibus sold in Indonesia and Brunei, made by Toyota. "Kijang", meaning deer/muntjac in Indonesian, was first introduced in Indonesia in 1977 and it has become the most popular car in the country ever since...
or Tamaraw FX, a sport utility vehicle - FX format, Nikon's nomenclature for the full-frame digital SLR
- FrameworkSoftware frameworkIn computer programming, a software framework is an abstraction in which software providing generic functionality can be selectively changed by user code, thus providing application specific software...
for software development, most notably the Microsoft .NET.NET FrameworkThe .NET Framework is a software framework that runs primarily on Microsoft Windows. It includes a large library and supports several programming languages which allows language interoperability...
(“dotNetFx”); in particular, “WinFX” was pre-release codename of .NET 3.0 - 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...
(abbreviated to Fx or fx), a web browser - "Effects", as in special effectSpecial effectThe illusions used in the film, television, theatre, or entertainment industries to simulate the imagined events in a story are traditionally called special effects ....
s, sound effects and guitar effects - Super FXSuper FXThe Super FX is a coprocessor chip used in select Super Nintendo Entertainment System video game cartridges. This custom-made RISC processor was typically programmed to act like a graphics accelerator chip that would draw polygons to a frame buffer in the RAM that sat adjacent to it...
, a graphics chip used in Super Nintendo games, notably Star Fox to allow polygons to be rendered
Other
- Bone fractureBone fractureA bone fracture is a medical condition in which there is a break in the continuity of the bone...
, in medical short-hand - Factor XFactor XFactor X, also known by the eponym Stuart-Prower factor or as prothrombinase, is an enzyme of the coagulation cascade. It is a serine endopeptidase .-Physiology:...
, a protein involved in coagulation - FedEx Express, IATA airline designator
- Foreign exchange marketForeign exchange marketThe foreign exchange market is a global, worldwide decentralized financial market for trading currencies. Financial centers around the world function as anchors of trading between a wide range of different types of buyers and sellers around the clock, with the exception of weekends...
, a banking term for changing money from one currency into another - The forward exchange rateForward priceThe forward price is the agreed upon price of an asset in a forward contract. Using the rational pricing assumption, for a forward contract on an underlying asset that is tradeable, we can express the forward price in terms of the spot price and any dividends etc...
, in economics shorthand - Foreign exchange service (telecommunications)Foreign exchange service (telecommunications)In telecommunication, foreign exchange service is a network-provided service in which a telephone in a given exchange area is connected, via a private line, to a central office in another foreign exchange, rather than the local exchange area where the device is located.To call originators, it...
, a telephone connection to a distant exchange - Francis XavierFrancis XavierFrancis Xavier, born Francisco de Jasso y Azpilicueta was a pioneering Roman Catholic missionary born in the Kingdom of Navarre and co-founder of the Society of Jesus. He was a student of Saint Ignatius of Loyola and one of the first seven Jesuits, dedicated at Montmartre in 1534...
(1506–1552), Basque saint and co-founder of the Jesuits - FX (trade magazine)FX (trade magazine)FX is an UK trade magazine for the contract interior design industry, published by Progressive Media Publishing. It has an ABC audited circulation of 15,055....
, a UK trade magazine - FX (Fighter Experimental), two specifications for two US Naval fighter projects
- an abbreviation for the French given name François-XavierFrançois-XavierFrançois-Xavier is a French masculine given name. It may refer to :* François-Xavier Archambault , a lawyer and political figure in Quebec* François-Xavier Audouin , a French clergyman and politician during the French Revolution...