List of acronyms: F

(Main list of acronyms)

f – Femto
F – Farad – Fluorine

FA

fa – Persian language
FA – Food Addicts in Recovery Anonymous
fA – Femtoampere
FA
* Field Artillery
* Financial aid
* [The Association football|Football Association|Football Association]
* Football Australia
FAA
* U.S. Federal Aviation Administration
* Financial Aid Administrator
* Fleet Air Arm
* Functional Area Analysis
FAAD – Forward Area Air Defence
FAADEZ – Forward Area Air Defence Engagement Zone
FAAN – Fellow of the American Academy of Neurology
FAAFP – Fellow of the American Academy of Family Physicians
FAAN – Fellow of the American Academy of Nursing
FAANG – Facebook, Amazon, Apple, Netflix, Google
FAAQ – Frequently Asked and Anticipated Questions
FAASV – Field Artillery Ammunition Supply Vehicle
FAB – Feline Advisory Bureau
FACF - Fully Automatic Capsule Filler
* Forward Air Controller
* Front of Allies for Change
* Frontal Affinity Chromatography
* Full Aperture Calibrator
FACA – Federal Advisory Committee Act
FACH – Fuerza Aérea de Chile
FACN – Fellow of the American College of Nutrition
FACP – Fellow of the American College of Physicians
FACS
* Fellow of the American College of Surgeons
* Formal Aspects of Computing Science
* Fluorescent-activated cell sorting
FACTS – Flexible Alternating Current Transmission System
FAD
* Flavin Adenine Dinucleotide
* Funding Authorization Document
M18 FADAC – Field Artillery Data Computer
FADEC - Full Authority Digital Engine Control
FAFSA – Free Application for Federal Student Aid
FAH
* Federation of American Hospitals
* Fine Arts and Humanities
* Foreign Affairs Handbook
FAI
* Fédération Aéronautique Internationale
* Football Association of Ireland
FAL - Fusil Automatique Léger, Belgian battle rifle
FAM – Foreign Affairs Manual
fao – Faroese language
FAO – Food and Agriculture Organization
FAPA – Fellow of the American Psychological Association
FAPHA – Fellow of the American Public Health Association
FAQ – Frequently Asked Questions
FARC – Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia
FARDC – "Military of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
FARP – Forward Arming and Refuelling Point / Forward Area Rearm/refuel Point
fas – Persian language
FAS
* Federation of American Scientists
* Fetal Alcohol Syndrome
FASCAM – Family of Scatterable Mines
FASD – Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder
FASEB – Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology
FAST
* Face, Arm, Speech, Time
* Five hundred meter Aperture Spherical Telescope
* Fixing America's Surface Transportation Act
FAT – Field Artillery Tractor – File Allocation Table
FAVS – Future Armoured Vehicle System
FAW
* Football Association of Wales
* First Automobile Works

FB

FB – Facebook, An on-line social network
FBCB2 or FBCB² – Force XXI Battle Command, Brigade-and-Below
FBCS – Fellow of the British Computer Society
FBI – Federal Bureau of Investigation
FBIS – Foreign Broadcast Information Service
FBIDST – Fellow of the British Institute of Dental and Surgical Technologists
FBLA Future Business Leaders of America
FBM – Board foot
FBR
* Fast Breeder Reactor
* Foundation for Biomedical Research
* Friedman, Billings, Ramsey
FBS
* Federal Bureau of Statistics
* Fetal bovine serum
* Football Bowl Subdivision
* Fukuoka Broadcasting Corporation

FC

fC – Femtocoulomb
FC
* Fire Control
* Football Club
* Funnel Cloud
FCA
* Fellowship of Christian Athletes
* Fiat Chrysler Automobiles
* Fraction of Combat Active forces
FCC – U.S. Federal Communications Commission
FCE – First Certificate in English
FCF – Financial Free Cash Flow
FCFS – First Come, First Served
FCLA – Fraud Claims Law Associate
FCM
* Federation of Canadian Municipalities
* Fogarty's Cove Music
FCO – UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office
FCS
* Football Championship Subdivision
* Future Combat System
FCSB – Fotbal Club Steaua București, a name claimed by two association football clubs in Bucharest – FCSB and CSA Steaua București
FCW – Florida Championship Wrestling
* FCW - Forward Collision Warning, see Collision avoidance system
FCZ – Forward Combat Zone

FD

FD – Falun Dafa
FDA – Food and Drug Administration
FDBK – Feedback
FDC
* Federal Detention Center
* Fire Direction Centre
FDDI – Fibre Distributed Data Interface
FdI – Fratelli d'Italia, an Italian political party
FDI
* Fault detection and isolation
* Films Division of India, a government film production agency
* Flexible Display Interface
* Foreign direct investment
* Frégate de défense et d'intervention, a planned class of French Navy ships
FDNY – Fire Department of New York
FDR
* Flight data recorder
* Franklin Delano Roosevelt

FE

Fe – Iron
FE – Fully Exposed
FEAR
* First Encounter Assault Recon
* Focus sash Endeavor Attack Rattata, a last-resort tactic in competitive Pokemon battling
FEAST – Forum for European-Australian Science and Technology Cooperation
FEATS – Festival of European Anglophone Theatrical Societies
FEB
* Federación Española de Baloncesto
* Federatie Eredivisie Basketball, the former name of the basketball competition later known in Dutch by the English-language Dutch Basketball League
* Força Expedicionária Brasileira
FEBA – Forward Edge of the Battle Area
fec. – fecit
FED – Field emission display
FEF – Frontal Eye Field
FEI – Fédération équestre internationale
FEMA
* Farm Equipment Manufacturers Association
* U.S. Federal Emergency Management Agency
FEMEXFUT – Federación Mexicana de Fútbol Asociación
FENAFUTH – Federación Nacional Autónoma de Fútbol de Honduras
FENS – Federation of European Neuroscience Societies
FEP – Firepower Enhancement Program – Fleet satellite Extremely high frequency Package
FEPAFUT – Federación Panameña de Fútbol
FES – Flywheel Energy Storage
FEST – Frankfurt English Speaking Theatre
FET – Field-effect transistor
FEZ – Fighter Engagement Zone

FF

ff – Fula language
fF – Femtofarad
FF
* Final Fantasy
* Firefox
FFA
* Football Federation Australia, former name of the governing body now known as Football Australia
* Pacific Islands Forum Fisheries Agency
* Free-Fire Area
* Fusiform Face Area
* Future Farmers of America
FFB – Frum From Birth
FFC – Free For Chat
FFCM — Fellow of the Faculty of Community Medicine
FFE – Fukuoka Futures Exchange
FFF – Fédération française de football
FFG – Guided Missile Frigate
FFOV – Forward Field Of View
FFP - Federally Funded Participation
FFPH — Fellow of the Faculty of Public Health, replacing FFPHM
FFR – Fédération française de rugby
FFS – For Fuck's Sake
FFT
* Fast Fourier transform
* Final Fantasy Tactics

FG

FG – Falun Gong
fg – Femtogram
FG – Fog – French Guiana
FGR – Flickr Group Roulette

FH

fH – Femtohenry
FHFIF – Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends
FHI – Family Health International, Fuji Heavy Industries, Ltd.

FI

fi – Finnish language
FI – Finland
FIA – Fédération internationale de l'automobile
FIAT – Fabbrica Italiana Automobili Torino
FIBA – originally Fédération internationale de basket-ball amateur ; since 1989, Fédération i'nternationale de basket-ball
FIBUA – Fighting In Built-Up Areas
FIC – Fellowship for Intentional Community
FID – Foreign Internal Defence
FIDÉ – Fédération internationale des échecs
FIE – Fly-In Echelon
FIFA – Fédération internationale de football association
FIFe – Fédération internationale féline
FIFO – First In, First Out
FIFRA – Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act
FIG
* Fédération internationale des géomètres
* Fédération internationale de gymnastique
* Feminist Improvising Group
fij – Fijian language
FILA – Fédération internationale des luttes associées, former name of the sport governing body now known as United World Wrestling
FILO – First In, Last Out
FIMPT – Fellow of the Institute of Maxillofacial Prosthetists and Technologists
fin – Finnish language
FIN – Finland
FINA – Fédération i'nternationale de natation
FIPS – Federal Information Processing Standard
FIR
* Final Inspection Report
* Federazione Italiana Rugby
FIRES – Fever Induced Refractory Epilepsy Syndrome or Febrile Infection-Related Epilepsy Syndrome
FIS – Fédération internationale de ski
FISA – Fédération Internationale des Sociétés d'Aviron
FISH – Fluorescence In-Situ Hybridisation
FiST – Fire Support Team
FITS – Flexible Image Transport System
FIU – Florida International University

FJ

FK

fK – Femtokelvin
FK – Falkland Islands
FKA - Formerly known as
FKP – Falkland Islands pound
FKSM – Fort Knox Supplemental Manual
FKT – Fastest known time

FL

fl – floruit
fL – Femtolitre
FL – Florida
FLA – Florida – Front Line Assembly – Future Large Aircraft
FLAC – Free Lossless Audio Codec
FLAC – Free Legal Advice Centres
FLAK – FLugAbwehrKanone
FLB – Forward Logistics Base
FLET – Forward Line of Enemy Troops
FLG – Falun Gong
FLIP – Flight Information Publication
FLIR – Forward Looking InfraRed
FLK – Falkland Islands
* Also Funny-Looking Kid, a medical initialism for a young child with a mostly normal but somewhat unusual appearance that raises the suspicion index for congenital disorder. Used only before a medical diagnosis has determined the cause of the unusual appearance.
FLOT – Forward Line of Own Troops
FLSA – Fair Labor Standards Act
FLQ – Front de libération du Québec
FLTSAT – Fleet Satellite
FLTSATCOM – Fleet Satellite Communication System

FM

FM – Factory Mutual http://fmglobal.com
fm – Femtometre
Fm – Fermium
FM
* Federal Magistrate
* Federated States of Micronesia
* Field Manual
* Flight Manager
* Frequency Modulation
FMC
* Federal Magistrates' Court
* Food Machinery Corporation
FMCA – Federal Magistrates' Court of Australia
FMCAfam – Federal Magistrates' Court of Australia: family
FME – Formal Methods Europe
FMECA – Failure Modes and Effect Criticality Analysis
FMJD – Fédération Mondiale du Jeu de Dames
FMLA – Family Medical Leave Act
Fmr – Former
fMRI – Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging
FMS
* Federal Magistrates Service
* Flight Management System
* Foreign Military Sales
FMSF – False Memory Syndrome Foundation
FMTV – Family of Medium Tactical Vehicles
FMCG – Fast-Moving Consumer Goods

FN

FO

FP

FQ

FQ – Baker Island – French Southern and Antarctic Territories
FQDN – Fully Qualified Domain Name

FR

fr – For real
fr – French language
Fr – Francium
FR – France
fra – French language
FRA
* Federal Railroad Administration
* France
FRAGO – Fragmentary Order
FRAND – Fair, reasonable, and non-discriminatory
FRCP
* Federal Rules of Civil Procedure
* Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians
FRICBM – Full Range ICBM
frr – North Frisian language
FRR
* Falls Road Railroad
* Federaţia Română de Radioamatorism
* Fix, Rebuild, Replace
* Federaţia Română de Rugby
FRO – Faroe Islands
FRS
* Fellow of the Royal Society
* U.S. Federal Reserve System
FRSA – Fellow of the Royal Society of Art
FRSL – Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature
fry – West Frisian language
FRY – Federal Republic of Yugoslavia

FS

FT

fT – Femtotesla
FTC – Federal Trade Commission
FTE – Full Time Equivalent
FTL – Faster Than Light
FTP – File Transfer Protocol
FTS
* Flight Termination System used during some rocket launches
* Follow-the-sun
* Fuck/Forget That/This Shit
FTSE – Financial Times Stock Exchange
FTW – For The Win, Fuck the World, Forever Together Wherever

FU

FU
* Smoke
* "Fuck You"
FUBAR – Fucked/Fouled Up Beyond All Recognition/Repair
f/u/b/o – For the use and benefit of
FUBU - For Us, By Us
FUCK – For, Unlawful, Carnal, Knowledge
FUD – Fear, Uncertainty & Doubt
FUGAZI (acronym) – British/American Army slang, then Video Gamer FPS slang for Fucked Up, Got Ambushed, Zipped In.
ful – Fula language

FV

fV – Femtovolt

FW

fW – Femtowatt
FW – Forward
F/W – Fixed Wing
FWC – Football World Cup
FWD - Front Wheel Drive
FWF – Fixed Word Format
FWI – French West Indies
FWIW – For What It's Worth
FWS – U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
FWT – Fresh Water Tank

FX

FX – Firefox – Fox Extended – Metropolitan France – Special effect
FXX – Metropolitan France

FY

fy – West Frisian language
FY – Fiscal Year – Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
FYA – For Your Agenda
FYI – For Your Information
FYROM – Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, currently North Macedonia

FZ

FZDZ – Freezing Drizzle
FZFG – Freezing Fog
FZRA – Freezing Rain