NSF
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Politics
- National Service FrameworkNational Service FrameworkNational Service Frameworks are policies set by the National Health Service in the United Kingdom to define standards of care for major medical issues such as cancer, coronary heart disease, mental health and diabetes...
, any of a series of British government policies on medical care - National Socialist FrontNational Socialist FrontThe National Socialist Front was at the time of its dissolving the largest Neo-Nazi political party in Sweden. The organization was founded in Karlskrona on 8 August 1994. It became a political party on 20 April 1999, the 110th birthday of Adolf Hitler...
, a Swedish Nazi party - NS-Frauenschaft, the women's wing of the former German Nazi party
- National Students FederationNational Students FederationNational Students Federation is a Left-wing students federation in Pakistan.Its predecessor, the DSF , had links to the Communist Party of Pakistan. It had power base among progressive students from Dow Medical and DJ Science Colleges. It dominated student politics in Karachi, the then Federal...
, a leftist Pakistani students' political group.
Organizations
- National Science FoundationNational Science FoundationThe National Science Foundation is a United States government agency that supports fundamental research and education in all the non-medical fields of science and engineering. Its medical counterpart is the National Institutes of Health...
, a U.S. government-funded agency which provides research and education in the fields of science and engineering. - NSF InternationalNSF InternationalNSF International is an Ann Arbor, Michigan-based not-for-profit public health and environmental organization that provides standards development, product certification, auditing, education and risk management services.-History:...
, formerly known as the National Sanitation Foundation, a non-profit organizationNon-profit organizationNonprofit organization is neither a legal nor technical definition but generally refers to an organization that uses surplus revenues to achieve its goals, rather than distributing them as profit or dividends...
which provides research and education in the field of public health and safety. - North South FoundationNorth South Foundation-Spelling Bee:The spelling bee has two divisions, junior and senior. Both divisions have the same rules. In the regional stages, there is a written round and an oral round . The contestants in the oral round will have 30 seconds to spell their word...
, a non-profit organization providing scholarships to Indian students living in the United States - Nykterhetsrörelsens ScoutförbundNykterhetsrörelsens ScoutförbundNykterhetsrörelsens Scoutförbund is a Scouting organization in Sweden with 6,000 members. The organisation is member of the European umbrella organisation ACTIVE.-External links:*...
(The Temperance Guide and Scout Association), a Swedish scouting organization - Norges SpeiderforbundNorges SpeiderforbundThe Norwegian Guide and Scout Association is a Norwegian Scouting and Guiding association founded in its present form in 1978, when the Norwegian Boy Scout Organization and the Norwegian Girl Guide Organization The Norwegian Guide and Scout Association is a Norwegian Scouting and Guiding...
, a Norwegian scouting association - National Sleep FoundationNational Sleep FoundationThe National Sleep Foundation is an independent nonprofit organization in the USA whose objectives are to improve public health and safety by achieving understanding of sleep and sleep disorders, and to support sleep-related education, research, and advocacy.Established in 1990, the NSF relies on...
Biology
- Nephrogenic systemic fibrosisNephrogenic systemic fibrosisNephrogenic systemic fibrosis or nephrogenic fibrosing dermopathy is a rare and serious syndrome that involves fibrosis of skin, joints, eyes, and internal organs. Its cause is not fully understood...
, a serious dermatopathic disease - N-ethylmaleimide sensitive fusion proteinN-ethylmaleimide sensitive fusion proteinN-ethylmaleimide-sensitive factor, also known as NSF or N-ethylmaleimide sensitive fusion proteins, is an enzyme which in humans is encoded by the NSF gene.- Function :...
, an enzyme in eukaryote cytoplasms (and its associated gene)
Computing
- NES Sound FormatNES Sound FormatNSF is the DOS 8.3 filename Filename extension of the audio file format originally designated as NESM by the inventor Kevin Horton. This format was originally designed for playback in a custom hardware device named HardNES by the inventor...
(.nsf), an audio file format for the Nintendo Entertainment SystemNintendo Entertainment SystemThe Nintendo Entertainment System is an 8-bit video game console that was released by Nintendo in North America during 1985, in Europe during 1986 and Australia in 1987... - Notes Storage Format (.nsf), the file type for IBM Lotus Notes databases
- Nintendo Sixty-FourNintendo 64The , often referred to as N64, was Nintendo′s third home video game console for the international market. Named for its 64-bit CPU, it was released in June 1996 in Japan, September 1996 in North America, March 1997 in Europe and Australia, September 1997 in France and December 1997 in Brazil...
, usually spelled just Nintendo 64, NintendoNintendois a multinational corporation located in Kyoto, Japan. Founded on September 23, 1889 by Fusajiro Yamauchi, it produced handmade hanafuda cards. By 1963, the company had tried several small niche businesses, such as a cab company and a love hotel....
video game console
Entertainment
- Ninja Strike Force, a 1988 martial-arts film
- National Secessionist Forces, a fictional terrorist group from the Deus Ex video game
Other
- National Service Full-time, a full-time conscript in Singapore
- Non-sufficient fundsNon-sufficient fundsNon-sufficient funds is a term used in the banking industry to indicate that a demand for payment cannot be honored because insufficient funds are available in the account on which the instrument was drawn. In simplified terms, a cheque has been presented for clearance, but the amount written on...
, a U.S. banking expression indicating an account lacks the necessary money to honor a check - Volkswagen Group New Small Family, an automobile platform
- "Not So Funny", an acronym used in Instant messagingInstant messagingInstant Messaging is a form of real-time direct text-based chatting communication in push mode between two or more people using personal computers or other devices, along with shared clients. The user's text is conveyed over a network, such as the Internet...