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Forum
Forum was a Dutch literary journal (1931–1936) led by Menno ter Braak and E. du Perron, which judged writers by personality rather than formal purity.
Forum antique de Bavay
Forum antique de Bavay: the Roman forum of Bagacum, capital of the Nervians' civitas in Gallia Belgica, northern France. Largest forum known in Gaul (230 x 100 m), later a late-Roman fortified enclosure, now a site museum.
Forum Appii
Forum Appii (Φόρον Ἀππίου), a Roman town 43 miles from Rome on the Via Appia in the Pontine Marshes, canal station toward Tarracina, where Paul was met by Roman believers (Acts 28:15), near modern Borgo Faiti.
Forum Aurelii
Forum Aurelii, an ancient Roman forum-settlement in Etruria on the Via Aurelia between Centumcellae and Cosa, near Montalto di Castro, west of Vulci; a coastal-interior trade point named for the road's Aurelius builder, mentioned by Cicero.
Forum Boarium
Forum Boarium: ancient Rome's cattle market between the Capitoline, Palatine, and Aventine hills by the Tiber, home to the Temple of Hercules Victor, Temple of Portunus, the Ara Maxima, and the Sant'Omobono sanctuary.
Forum Clodii
Forum Clodii was a Roman market town on the Via Clodia, about 32 miles from Rome, identified with San Liberato on the north shore of Lake Bracciano.
Forum Domitii
Forum Domitii, a Roman road station and market on the Via Domitia in Gallia Narbonensis, sited at Montbazin (Hérault, France) between Cessero and Sextantio; a mutatio of the cursus publicus, attributed to Cn. Domitius Ahenobarbus, with finds from 60 BC to about 400 AD.
Forum Energy Technologies
Forum Energy Technologies is a Houston, Texas manufacturer of capital equipment and consumables for the oil and gas industry, founded in 2010 and traded on the NYSE as FET.
Forum for Democracy
Forum voor Democratie (FvD), Forum for Democracy: Dutch right-wing populist party founded by Thierry Baudet as a 2015 think tank, party since 2016; won 2019 provincial elections, split in 2020 (JA21), seven seats after 2025 election.
Forum for the Restoration of Democracy
The Forum for the Restoration of Democracy (FORD) was a Kenyan opposition movement formed in 1991 against President Moi's one-party rule, splitting into FORD-Kenya and FORD-Asili before the 1992 election.
Forum Gallorum
Forum Gallorum (ἀγορὰ Κελτῶν), a Roman vicus and mansio on the Via Aemilia near Castelfranco Emilia between Bologna and Modena; site of Mark Antony's 14 April 43 BC victory over Pansa in the War of Mutina.
Forum granary
Forum granary (Granai del Foro, VII.7.29), Pompeii market building for grain and pulses, built after the AD 62 earthquake, excavated early 1800s, now an open-air depot of over 9,000 artefacts.
Forum Holitorium
Forum Holitorium (Foro Olitorio), ancient Rome's vegetable market near the Tiber river port outside the porta Carmentalis; held four Republican temples (Janus, Spes, Juno Sospita, Pietas), three now embedded in San Nicola in Carcere.
Forum Ligneum
Forum Ligneum, a Roman road station and timber-market forum in the western Pyrenees on the Caesaraugusta-Beneharnum road, traditionally identified with Lescun or Urdos, France.
Forum non conveniens
Forum non conveniens (inconvenient forum) is a common law doctrine letting a court with jurisdiction decline it in favor of a more appropriate forum. Originating in Scotland (M'Morine v Cowie, 1845), codified in England by Spiliada and in the US by Gulf Oil v Gilbert and Piper v Reyno.
Forum Novum (Vescovio)
Forum Novum (Vescovio), a small Roman municipium in the Sabina near Torri in Sabina, Rieti; forum, basilica, temple, baths and amphitheater beside Santa Maria in Vescovio cathedral, later a bishopric.
Forum on China–Africa Cooperation
The Forum on China–Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) is a multilateral platform created in 2000 for diplomatic, trade, and investment relations between China and African countries, holding triennial summits.
Forum Popillii
Forum Popillii (Forum Popilii), name of several Roman roadside forum settlements in Italy: one probably at Polla (Salerno) on the via Popilia, one near Carinola (Caserta), and Forlimpopoli on the via Aemilia, tied to P. Popilius Laenas, consul 132 BC.
Forum Sempronii
Forum Sempronii: Roman town near modern Fossombrone, Marche, Italy, on the Via Flaminia, founded ca. 130 BC probably by Gaius Sempronius Gracchus, a municipium of about 35 hectares, abandoned in the 5th-6th century and now an archaeological park.
Forum shopping
Forum shopping, also known as venue shopping, is when a litigant files suit in the court among several with jurisdiction that is likely to treat the claim most favorably.
Forum spam
Forum spam: unsolicited commercial or link-bearing posts on discussion forums, mostly automated and aimed at building search-ranking backlinks. Key stats: 96% of registrations rejected, 85% of blocks from reputation lists.
Forum Theatre
Forum Theatre is a heritage-listed live music venue in Melbourne, Australia. Built in 1929 as the largest picture palace in the country, it hosts major acts like Harry Styles.
Forum Vibii
Forum Vibii, also called Forum Vibii Caburrum, was a Roman municipium of the Ligurian Caburriates at modern Cavour in Piedmont, where the Po re-emerges underground.
Forum Voconii
Forum Voconii, also Forum Voconi, was a Roman road station and secondary settlement on the Via Aurelia in Var, France, at Les Blaïs near Le Cannet-des-Maures, first attested in Cicero's letters and identified through excavations in 1999-2001.
Forvia
Forvia, formerly Faurecia S.E., is an automotive equipment group formed in 2022 from the merger of French supplier Faurecia and German company HELLA, with 2025 sales of €26.2 billion.
Forward (association football)
Forward (association football): attacking player roles including striker, winger, inside forward, target man, and false nine; evolved from seven forwards in 1872 to modern flexible, pressing front lines.
Forward air controller
A forward air controller (FAC) is a qualified military officer, normally a pilot, who directs aircraft delivering close air support to ground troops from a forward position.
Forward algorithm
The forward algorithm is a dynamic programming algorithm that computes the likelihood of an observed sequence under a hidden Markov model, summing over all hidden state paths in O(N²T) time instead of exponentially.
Forward caste
Forward caste: Indian caste communities outside the SC, ST, OBC, and EWS schedules; "forward" and "upper" are not legally recognized terms but common scholarly labels for the unreserved, historically privileged groups competing as general category.
Forward chaining
Forward chaining is a data-driven inference method that repeatedly applies a rule-based system's rules to known facts, deriving new facts until no rule applies or a target conclusion is reached.