ICF
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ICF is an acronym
with several meanings:
A number of businesses and organizations use the acronym "ICF," including:
Acronym and initialism
Acronyms and initialisms are abbreviations formed from the initial components in a phrase or a word. These components may be individual letters or parts of words . There is no universal agreement on the precise definition of the various terms , nor on written usage...
with several meanings:
- Immunodeficiency, centromere instability and facial anomalies syndromeImmunodeficiency, centromere instability and facial anomalies syndromeICF syndrome is a very rare autosomal recessive immune disorder.-Characteristics:...
. - Insulating concrete form, building construction systems that use concrete in a permanent form made of a rigid insulation.
- International Classification of Functioning, Disability and HealthInternational Classification of Functioning, Disability and HealthInternational Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health, also known as ICF, is a classification of the health components of functioning and disability....
is a classification of health and functioning - Inertial confinement fusionInertial confinement fusionInertial confinement fusion is a process where nuclear fusion reactions are initiated by heating and compressing a fuel target, typically in the form of a pellet that most often contains a mixture of deuterium and tritium....
is a means of achieving fusion by compressing and heating a pellet of material - Intracellular fluid is body fluid contained in cells (as opposed to extracellular fluid)
- Integrated Coupling Facility, an IBM mainframe feature, kind of Coupling FacilityCoupling FacilityIn IBM mainframe computers, a Coupling Facility or CF is a piece of computer hardware which allows multiple processors to access the same data.A Parallel Sysplex relies on one or more Coupling Facilities...
- Internet Connection Firewall is a component of certain versions of Microsoft Windows.
A number of businesses and organizations use the acronym "ICF," including:
- ICF InternationalICF InternationalICF International , formerly known as ICF Consulting, is a management, technology, and policy consulting firm based in Fairfax, Virginia...
, a Fairfax, Virginia-based consultancy - International Cablemakers FederationInternational Cablemakers FederationThe International Cablemakers Federation was founded in 1990 with a permanent Secretariat in Vienna, Austria. Today ICF has more than 100 members from more than 30 countries of all regions in the world. The membership represents approx...
- International Cremation FederationInternational Cremation FederationThe International Cremation Federation , found in 1937, is non-governmental and non-profit organization devoted to “promote the practice of cremation to the highest standard”....
- International Coach FederationInternational Coach FederationThe International Coach Federation is a professional organization for business and personal coaches formed in 1995 by Thomas J. Leonard. Today, the ICF provides independent certification and networking for its 18,000 international members...
- Integral Coach FactoryIntegral Coach FactoryStarted in 1952, the Integral Coach Factory is located in Chennai, India. Its primary products are rail coaches. Most of the coaches manufactured are supplied to the Indian Railways, but it has also manufactured coaches for railway companies in other countries, including Thailand, Burma, Taiwan,...
is a manufacturer of rail coaches in India - Intelligent Community ForumIntelligent Community ForumThe Intelligent Community Forum , a nonprofit policy research organization, focuses on job creation and economic development in the broadband economy...
, a nonprofit think tank that focuses on job creation and economic development in the broadband economy. - Inter City FirmInter City FirmThe Inter City Firm is an English football hooligan firm mainly active in the 1970s, 1980s and early 1990s, associated with West Ham United. The name came from the use of InterCity trains used to travel to away games...
, a hooligan firm associated with West Ham United F.C. - International Canoe FederationInternational Canoe FederationThe International Canoe Federation is the umbrella organization of all national canoe organizations worldwide. It is headquartered in Lausanne, Switzerland, and administers all aspects of canoe sport worldwide...
- International Carrom FederationInternational Carrom FederationThe International Carrom Federation is the international governing body for the game of carrom. Such an organisation was first proposed in the 1950s, but the ICF was not formed until October 1988, when delegates from India, Sri Lanka, the Maldives, Malaysia, Germany and Switzerland met in Madras,...
, A Carrom Organization which control the sports activities of CarromCarromCarrom is a family of tabletop games with gameplay that lies somewhere between billiards and table shuffleboard. Carrom is known by many names around the world, including carrum, couronne, carum, karam, karom, karum, fatta and finger billiards...
worldwide. - International Christian FellowshipInternational Christian FellowshipICF is a church movement aimed at young people and charismatic evangelism of the style typical of US Christianity. It began in 1990 in Zürich, Switzerland with ICF Zürich...
a church that started in ZurichZürichZurich is the largest city in Switzerland and the capital of the canton of Zurich. It is located in central Switzerland at the northwestern tip of Lake Zurich...
, SwitzerlandSwitzerlandSwitzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition....
and has now spread in 27 different cities - International Christian Fellowship, SapporoInternational Christian Fellowship, SapporoThe International Christian Fellowship is an interdenominational church in Sapporo, Hokkaidō, Japan. ICF was founded in 1991 by the present pastor, Jerry Jantzen. It has a membership of around 200 people....
, a church in Sapporo. - International Coach FederationInternational Coach FederationThe International Coach Federation is a professional organization for business and personal coaches formed in 1995 by Thomas J. Leonard. Today, the ICF provides independent certification and networking for its 18,000 international members...
, an organization for training and certifying professional coaches - International Crane FoundationInternational Crane FoundationThe International Crane Foundation is a non-profit organization dedicated to the study and conservation of the 15 species of cranes. Founded in 1973, ICF moved to its current headquarters in Baraboo, Wisconsin, in 1984....
in Baraboo, Wisconsin - International Curling Federation, a former name for the World Curling FederationWorld Curling FederationThe World Curling Federation is the world governing body for curling accreditation, with offices in Perth, Scotland. It was formed out of the International Curling Federation , when the push for Olympic Winter Sport status was made...
- Irish Cycling Federation
- Island Corridor FoundationIsland Corridor FoundationThe Island Corridor Foundation is a Canadian non-profit that owns all former Canadian Pacific and Esquimalt and Nanaimo Railway track on Vancouver Island in British Columbia. The foundation was created in 2003 and gained the first of track in 2006 when Canadian Pacific donated its portion of the...
, a Canadian non-profit railway company