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  1. Fannie Mae-Seller/Servicer A lender that Fannie Mae has approved to sell loans to it and to service loans on Fannie Mae's behalf.
  2. Fannie Mae/Freddie Mac Loan Limit The current 2004 Fannie Mae/Freddie Mac loan limit for a single-family home is $333,700 and is higher in Alaska , Guam , Hawaii , and the U.S.
  3. Fanning A pattern of plume dispersion in a stable atmosphere, in which the plume fans out in the horizontal and meanders about at a fixed height.
  4. fanout cable Synonym breakout cable.
  5. Fansidar Brand name of sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine, a drug used against malaria. Its value has been compromised by the emergence of drug-resistant malaria parasites.
  6. FAP An inherited condition in which numerous polyps (growths that protrude from mucous membranes) form on the inside walls of the colon and rectum.
  7. FAQ Frequently Asked Questions
  8. FAQ file Abbreviation for Frequently Asked Questions file. An online file that contains frequently asked questions with answers provided to assist new users and…
  9. FAR See Federal Acquisition Regulation.
  10. Far Field The region far from an antenna compared to the dimensions of the antenna and the wavelength of the radiation.
  11. far zone Synonym far-field region.
  12. far-end block error (FEBE) An indication returned to a transmitting node (source) that an errored block has been detected at the receiving node (sink). [T1.105-1988]
  13. far-end crosstalk Crosstalk that is propagated in a disturbed channel in the same direction as the propagation of a signal in the disturbing channel.
  14. far-end customer interface An associated, loop signaling, customer installation located at the far end of the network transmission path from the network interface (NI) described in…
  15. far-end receive failure (FERF) An indication returned to a transmitting link terminating equipment (LTE) upon receipt of a line AIS (alarm indication signal) code or detection of an…
  16. far-field diffraction pattern The diffraction pattern of a source (such as an LED, ILD, or the output end of an optical fiber) observed at an infinite distance from the source.
  17. far-field radiation pattern A radiation pattern measured at the far field of an antenna or other emitter.
  18. far-field region The region where the angular field distribution is essentially independent of distance from the source.
  19. Farad A unit of electrical capacitance; the capacitance of a capacitor between the plates of which there appears a difference of 1 Volt when it is charged by…
  20. Faraday effect A magneto-optic effect in which the polarization plane of an electromagnetic wave is rotated under the influence of a magnetic field parallel to the…
  21. Farm To repeatedly kill the same monsters or in the same area usually with the purpose of obtaining money or specific items.
  22. farm animal genetic resources Those animal species that are used, or may be used, for the production of food and agriculture, and the populations within each of them.
  23. Farm loss (water) Water delivered to a farm which is not made available to the crop to be irrigated.
  24. farmers' privilege Rights to hold germplasm, covered by plant variety protection, as a seed source for subsequent seasons.
  25. farmers' rights Rights first recognized by Resolution 5 of the 1989 FAO Conference as "rights arising from the past, present and future contributions of farmers in the…
  26. FAS Foreign Agricultural Service
  27. FASAB Federal Accounting Standards Advisory Board
  28. Fascia A horizontal, flat element often combined with a cornice and architrave.
  29. fascicle See: vascular bundle.
  30. FAServer The original name for NetApp filers.
  31. Faslodex (FAZ-loh-dex) A drug used to treat certain types of breast cancer in postmenopausal women.
  32. FAST First Action System for Trademarks
  33. Fast market A fast market is one with heavy trading and rapidly changing prices in some but not necessarily all of the securities listed on an exchange or market.
  34. fast packet switching A packet switching technique that increases the throughput by eliminating overhead.
  35. Fast pyrolysis Thermal conversion of biomass by rapid heating to between 450ø to 600øC in the absence of oxygen.
  36. fast select An optional user facility in the virtual call service of CCITT X.25 protocol (now, ITU-T X.
  37. Fast Stats Fast Stats is designed to allow quick and easy access to key statistics for all major cancer sites by age, sex, race, and geographic area.
  38. Fast-Burn Booster (FBB) A ballistic missile that burns out much more quickly than current versions, possibly before exiting the atmosphere entirely.
  39. fast-narrow (FN) A type of SCSI bus that supports 8-bit transfer.
  40. fast-neutron beam radiation (fast NOO-tron beem RAY-dee-AY-shun) A type of radiation therapy that uses tiny particles called neutrons made by a machine called a cyclotron.
  41. Fast-track Projects on public land for which the environmental review and public participation process is underway and the application could be approved by December…
  42. fast-wide (FW) A type of SCSI bus that supports 16-bit transfer.
  43. fast-wide-differential (FWD) A fast-wide SCSI implementation that uses differential signaling.
  44. Fastener Quality Act Fastener Quality Act (15 U.S.C. 5401 et seq., as amended by Public Law 104-113, Public Law 105-234, and Public Law 106-34); implementing regulations: 15 C.
  45. FASTST Fastest
  46. FAT (1) First Article Testing. (2) Factory Acceptance Test.
  47. FAT (File Allocation Table) An internal data table on hard drives that keeps track of where the files are stored.
  48. fat client A client-centric computing model where software must be installed on each client in a network.
  49. fat-soluble vitamin (… SOL-yoo-bul VY-tuh-min) A vitamin that can dissolve in fats and oils.
  50. fatal error A fatal error occurs in the SAX parser when a document is not well formed or otherwise cannot be processed. See also error, warning.
  51. Fatal flaw Any problem, lack, or conflict (real or perceived) that will destroy a solution or process.
  52. Fatality rate A multiplication factor based on the estimated severity of the flood, potential warning times, and the judgement related to the understanding of the flood…
  53. Fate (of cell progeny) The normal outcome of differentiation of a cell's progeny.
  54. Fathom Unit of water depth equal to 6 feet.
  55. Fatigue A condition marked by extreme tiredness and inability to function due lack of energy. Fatigue may be acute or chronic.
  56. fatty acid A major component of fats that is used by the body for energy and tissue development.
  57. fatty-replaced breast tissue A term used in mammography that refers to the replacement of breast tissue with fatty tissue. This commonly occurs as a woman ages.
  58. Fault "Fault" means adultery, alcohol abuse, drug abuse, physical abuse, domestic violence, abandonment or reckless spending.
  59. Fault block A rock mass that is bounded by normal faults. Fault blocks on either side of the fault are elevated or depressed, relative to each other.
  60. fault management In network management, the set of functions that (a) detect, isolate, and correct malfunctions in a telecommunications network, (b) compensate for…
  61. Fault plane The plane that best approximates the fracture surface of a fault.
  62. fault protection subsystem In a facility power distribution system, the subsystem that provides a direct path from each power sink to the earth electrode subsystem.
  63. Fault trace The expression of a fault on the ground surface.
  64. Fault, left-lateral A strike-slip fault on which displacement of the block opposite the observer is to the left. See also Strike-slip fault
  65. Fault, normal A fault occurring usually as a result of extensional forces, such as when a hanging wall drops down relative to the footwall forming a graben or half…
  66. Fault, potentially active Generally denotes that a fault has shown evidence of surface displacement during Quaternary time.
  67. Fault, right-lateral A strike-slip fault on which displacement of the block opposite the observer is to the right. See also Strike-slip fault
  68. Fault, transform A strike-slip fault forming the boundary between tectonic plates (e.g., the San Andreas Fault system is a transform fault zone that marks the boundary…
  69. Fault, zoned Under the Alquist-Priolo Act, zoned faults include those that are "sufficiently active," showing evidence of surface displacement within the past 11,000…
  70. Fault-block (horst) Uplifted section of rock bounded on both sides by faults. See graben.
  71. Fault-Tolerance The ability of a processor to maintain mission effectiveness after some subsystems failed.
  72. Faulting The movement which produces relative displacement along a fracture in rock.
  73. Fauna The community of animals in a specific region or habitat.
  74. Favicon Favorites Icon is a small icon which appears next to URLs in a web browser. Upload an image named favicon.
  75. Favorite A poker hand which is the statistical favorite to win.
  76. FAWS Flight Advisory Weather Service
  77. FAX Short for facsimile. A process of transmitting documents by scanning them to digital, converting to analog, transmitting over phone lines and reversing…
  78. fazarabine An anticancer drug that is a type of antimetabolite.
  79. Façade The main exterior face of a building, sometimes distinguished from the other faces by elaboration of architectural or ornamental details.
  80. FBB Fast-Burn Booster.
  81. FBI rap sheet Informal term for a record kept by the FBI listing all arrests and convictions of persons charged with crimes.
  82. FBIS Foreign Broadcast Information Service (US).
  83. FBM Fleet Ballistic Missile.
  84. FBMS Fleet Ballistic Missile System (USN term).
  85. FBO (Great Lakes Freeze-Up/Break-Up Outlook) - A National Weather Service product to keep mariners informed of the projected freeze-up date or break-up date…
  86. FBP Forward Based Probe.
  87. FBR Forward-Based Radar (US Army term).
  88. FBS Forward-Based System.
  89. FBXR Forward-Based X-band Radar.
  90. FC A product of hydrolysis of an IgG antibody, consisting of parts of the constant regions of two heavy chains held together by a disulphide bridge, but…
  91. FC (Fibre Channel) A high-speed network technology typically used to build Storage Area Networks (SAN).
  92. FC-AL Fibre Channel-Arbitrated Loop. A type of Fibre Channel network in which devices are connected in a loop topology.
  93. FC-GS Fiber Channel Generic Services. An ANSI standard that specifies various Fibre Channel services.
  94. FCA Functional Configuration Audit.
  95. FCC Federal Communications Commission.
  96. FCC registration program The Federal Communications Commission program and associated directives intended to assure that all connected terminal equipment and protective circuitry…
  97. FCCM Facilities Capital Cost of Money.
  98. FCEXEC A component of the NWSRFS FCST Program.
  99. FCIA Fibre Channel Industry Association. A trade association devoted to promoting Fibre Channel technology.
  100. FCIP (Fibre Channel over IP) Fibre Channel over IP. A proposal advanced by the IETF's IP Storage Working Group for mapping Fibre Channel traffic directly onto IP, in order to…