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FActScore
FActScore (Factual precision in Atomicity Score) is an evaluation metric, introduced in 2023, that measures factual precision of long-form language model output by checking atomic facts against English Wikipedia.
FactSet Research Systems
FactSet Research Systems, trading as FactSet, is an American financial data and analytics company founded in 1978 and headquartered in Norwalk, Connecticut, serving the investment community.
Facultative anaerobic organism
Facultative anaerobe (facultative anaerobic organism): microbe that grows with or without oxygen, using aerobic respiration when O2 is present and fermentation or anaerobic respiration otherwise; examples include E. coli, staphylococci, and yeasts.
Faculty (division)
Faculty (division): a first-level academic division of a university grouping related disciplines under a dean. Known from medieval Paris (1213, four faculties: arts, theology, law, medicine) and as the European counterpart to North American colleges and schools.
Faculty of Philosophy, University of Oxford
The Faculty of Philosophy, University of Oxford, has taught philosophy for over 800 years and admits more than 500 undergraduates a year, always alongside another subject.
Facundo
Facundo: civilización y barbarie is an 1845 essay-history by Domingo Faustino Sarmiento, profiling the caudillo Juan Facundo Quiroga and framing Argentina's conflicts as civilization versus barbarism.
Facundo Batista
Facundo D. Batista is an Argentinian immunologist who studies B cells, leads research at the Ragon Institute and MIT, and was elected to the National Academy of Medicine in 2025.
Facundo Callioni
Facundo Callioni, Argentine field hockey forward (born 1985, Buenos Aires), 153 caps and 78 goals for Argentina, Olympic gold at Rio 2016 and 10th at London 2012, Pan American champion 2015, club Royal Orée Belgium.
Facundo Campazzo
Facundo Campazzo (Facu Campazzo), Argentine point guard born 1991 in Córdoba; Peñarol, Real Madrid (three stages, 2 EuroLeague titles), Denver Nuggets and Dallas Mavericks NBA years, Crvena zvezda; 2019 World Cup silver with Argentina.
Facundo Pellistri
Facundo Pellistri Rebollo (born 2001, Montevideo) is a Uruguayan right winger for Panathinaikos and Uruguay. Peñarol academy product, Manchester United 2020–2024 with Alavés and Granada loans, 41 caps, World Cups 2022 and 2026.
Facundo Quiroga
Facundo Quiroga (1788–1835) was an Argentine caudillo of La Rioja, known as El Tigre de los Llanos, who championed federalism and was assassinated in 1835.
Fad
Fad: a short-lived enthusiasm that gains popularity quickly and fades, distinct from fashion and classic in the trend cycle; explained by informational cascades and contagion, studied from Bogardus to Denrell and Kovács.
FAD and FMN biosynthesis
FAD and FMN biosynthesis is the two-step enzymatic pathway converting riboflavin (vitamin B2) into FMN and FAD: riboflavin kinase phosphorylates riboflavin, then FAD synthetase adenylylates FMN.
Fad diet
Fad diet, also called crash diet: an eating plan promoted as the fastest way to lose weight without standard dietetic basis. Evidence shows popular diets produce similar ~5% short-term loss, weight regain, and health risks.
Fada N'Gourma
Fada N'Gourma, known locally as Fada, is an Eastern Burkinabe city. It serves as the capital of the Gourma and East regions and is the seat of the Gulmu king.
Fada'il literature
Fada'il literature (Arabic faḍā'il, فضائل, "excellences") is an Islamic literary genre praising the virtues of the Qur'an, the Prophet's Companions, holy cities like Jerusalem, and acts of devotion.
Fadada
Fadada (法大大) is a Chinese electronic signature and electronic contract SaaS company founded in Shenzhen in 2014 by CEO Xiang Huang, backed by Tencent, Tiger Global, and other investors.
Fadaei
Fadaei (فدایی), stage name of Ashkan Fadaei, is an Iranian protest rapper and Moltafet member based in Paris. Known for Iran Iran, albums Adl (2012), Hagh (2022), Rend (2026), and feuds with Hichkas and Hossein.
FADD
FADD (Fas-associated via death domain) is a 208-amino-acid adaptor protein with N-terminal DED and C-terminal DD domains that assembles the death-inducing signaling complex, recruiting caspase-8/10 to death receptors like Fas, TRAILR, and TNFR1, and also regulates cell cycle, necroptosis, and tumor immunity.
Faddeev equations
The Faddeev equations are three coupled integral equations of quantum mechanics, proposed by Ludvig Faddeev in 1960, that describe the scattering and binding of three interacting particles.
Faddei Bulgarin
Faddei Bulgarin (Фаддей Венедиктович Булгарин; born Jan Krzysztof Tadeusz Bulharyn, 1789–1859) was a Russian journalist and publisher of Polish origin who ran the newspaper Severnaya Pchela and wrote the bestselling adventure novel Ivan Vyzhigin.
Fade (instrumental)
Fade (instrumental): 2014 electro house track by Norwegian producer Alan Walker, self-released on YouTube 17 August 2014 and re-released royalty-free by NCS 19 November 2014; later reworked into the vocal hit "Faded".
Fade (Kanye West song)
Fade (Kanye West song), also credited to Kanye West/Post Malone/Ty Dolla $ign, is a 2016 house-influenced track closing The Life of Pablo, sampling Larry Heard, Rare Earth, and Hardrive, with a Teyana Taylor VMAs video.
Fade into You
"Fade Into You" is Mazzy Star's 1993 dream pop single from So Tonight That I Might See, written by Hope Sandoval and David Roback; the band's only Billboard Hot 100 hit, peaking at number 44.
FADEC
A FADEC (full authority digital engine control) is a digital computer controlling an aircraft engine's entire operation from startup to shutdown, with no manual override or mechanical control mode.
Faded (Alan Walker song)
Faded is an electronic dance music single by Alan Walker, released on December 4, 2015. It features Iselin Solheim and later appeared on the 2018 album Different World.
Fadensonnen
Fadensonnen, translated as Threadsuns or Fathomsuns, is a 1968 poetry collection by the Romanian-born German-language poet Paul Celan, his sixth and most extensive, with 105 poems in five cycles.
Fadhil al-Azzawi
Fadhil al-Azzawi (فاضل العزاوي, born 1940 in Kirkuk) is an Iraqi poet, novelist, and translator, a central figure of Iraq's avant-garde Sixties Generation who has lived in Berlin since 1977.
Fadhili cogeneration power plant
The Fadhili cogeneration power plant is a 1,507 MW gas-fired combined cycle plant in Saudi Arabia's Eastern Province that supplies power and steam to the Fadhili Gas Plant.
Fadhili Gas Plant
The Fadhili Gas Plant is a Saudi Aramco natural gas processing plant near Jubail, Saudi Arabia, which began operating in 2019 with a capacity of 2.5 billion cubic feet per day.