Fab
Encyclopedia
Commerce
- Fab (brand)Fab (brand)The brand fab is a popular ice lolly on a stick in the United Kingdom, introduced by J. Lyons & Co. Ltd. Launched nationally in May 1967.Designed primarily for the 3 million girls in Britain aged 5-15, the Fab was based around Gerry Anderson's Thunderbirds TV series...
, a frozen confectionery - Fab, a detergent marketed by Colgate-PalmoliveColgate-PalmoliveColgate-Palmolive Company is an American diversified multinational corporation focused on the production, distribution and provision of household, health care and personal products, such as soaps, detergents, and oral hygiene products . Under its "Hill's" brand, it is also a manufacturer of...
Culture
- F.A.B., a radio acknowledgment used in the Thunderbirds TV series (equivalent to modern 10-4 meaning Fully Acknowledged and Briefed)
- Fab (magazine)Fab (magazine)fab is a Canadian magazine which targets the gay community. The magazine publishes biweekly issues in Toronto, Ontario. It publishes alternate weeks to the city's other biweekly gay publication, Xtra!...
, a Canadian gay magazine - Film Advisory BoardFilm Advisory BoardThe Film Advisory Board, Inc. is a member-supported organization founded in 1975 by Elayne Blythe . The FAB's "Award of Excellence" was developed to award quality family-oriented and children's entertainment in both print and electronic media.The second division of FAB is the FAB Ratings System...
- Flavoured alcoholic beverages, also known as alcopopAlcopopAlcopop is a colloquial term describing certain flavored alcoholic beverages, including:#malt beverages to which various fruit juices or other flavorings have been added...
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Organizations
- Feminist Approaches to Bioethics
- Força Aérea Brasileira, the Brazilian Air ForceBrazilian Air ForceThe Brazilian Air Force is the air branch of the Brazilian Armed Forces and one of the three national uniformed services. The FAB was formed when the Army and Navy air branch were merged into a single military force initially called "National Air Forces"...
- Fuerza Aérea Boliviana, the Bolivian Air ForceBolivian Air ForceThe Bolivian Air Force is part of the Military of Bolivia.-History:By 1938 the Bolivian air force consisted of about 60 aircraft , and about 300 staff; the officers were...
Science and technology
- Fly ash brickFly ash brickFly ash brick are building materials, specifically masonry units, containing Class C fly ash and water. Compressed at 4,000 psi and cured for 24 hours in a 150 °F steam bath , then toughened with an air entrainment agent, the bricks last for more than 100 freeze-thaw cycles...
, a construction material - Fab region, the fragment antigen-binding portion of an antibody
- A semiconductor fabrication plant
- Fast atom bombardmentFast atom bombardmentFast atom bombardment is an ionization technique used in mass spectrometry. The material to be analyzed is mixed with a non-volatile chemical protection environment called a matrix and is bombarded under vacuum with a high energy beam of atoms. The atoms are typically from an inert gas such as...
, a mass spectrometry technique in chemistry - The French-American-British classificationFrench-American-British classificationThe French-American-British classification systems refers to a series of classifications of hematologic diseases.It was first produced in 1976.Types include:* FAB classification of acute lymphoblastic leukemias...
systems for hematological disease - Fugasnaya aviatsionnaya bomba ('Aviation Demolition Bomb'), the term for Russian general-purpose bombs
Travel
- FAB, the IATA airport code for Farnborough AirfieldFarnborough AirfieldFarnborough Airport or TAG London Farnborough Airport is an airport situated in Farnborough, Rushmoor, Hampshire, England...
- Functional Airspace BlockFunctional Airspace BlockFunctional Airspace Block is defined in the SES-2 legislative package, as follows:A FAB means an airspace block based on operational requirements and established regardless of State boundaries, where the provision of air navigation services and related functions are performance-driven and...
in the European Union
Persons with the given name Fab
- Fabrizio MorettiFabrizio MorettiFabrizio Moretti is the drummer of the American indie rock band, The Strokes. Fabrizio’s side project with Rodrigo Amarante of Los Hermanos and Binki Shapiro, entitled Little Joy debuted on Rough Trade Records...
, drummer in The Strokes - Fab MorvanFab MorvanFabrice "Fab" Morvan is a French singer-songwriter, dancer and model. He was half of the pop duo Milli Vanilli, with Rob Pilatus, selling multi-platinum albums around the world. However, he was later involved in one of the largest scandals in pop music history when it was revealed that neither he...
, singer of Milli Vanilli