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Fam (TV series)

Fam is a 2019 CBS multi-camera sitcom created by Corinne Kingsbury, starring Nina Dobrev, Tone Bell, and Odessa A'zion. It ran one 13-episode season (January 10 to April 11, 2019) before CBS canceled it, averaging a 1.2 adults 18-49 rating. Not the BBC sketch show Famalam.

Fama–French three-factor model

The Fama–French three-factor model explains expected stock returns using market, size (SMB), and value (HML) factors, proposed by Eugene Fama and Kenneth French in 1992.

FAMACHA

FAMACHA (FAffa MAlan CHart) is a South African eye-color scoring system for sheep and goats that detects Haemonchus contortus anemia on a 1–5 card scale, guiding selective deworming to slow anthelmintic resistance.

Famagusta (Αμμόχωστος)

Famagusta (Αμμόχωστος, Gazimağusa) is a walled port city on Cyprus's east coast, pre-1974 the island's main port and tourist center, now in Northern Cyprus with Varosha sealed off since 1974.

Famalay

Famalay is a 2019 power soca song by Skinny Fabulous, Machel Montano, and Bunji Garlin that won the 2019 Road March with 346 plays, the first shared with a non-national.

FAMAS

The FAMAS (Fusil d'Assaut de la Manufacture d'Armes de Saint-Étienne) is a French bullpup assault rifle in 5.56×45mm, adopted in 1978 and replaced by the HK416F from 2017.

Famciclovir

Famciclovir, sold as Famvir, is an oral antiviral prodrug of penciclovir, a nucleoside analog active against herpes simplex and varicella zoster viruses, first approved in the United States in 1994.

Fame

Fame Casino Batumi is a 24-hour casino at 15 Zviad Gamsakhurdia Street, Batumi, Georgia, one of 16 licensed Batumi casinos in the City Centre area; entry is 18 for foreigners, 25 for Georgian citizens.

Fame (1980 film)

Fame (1980 film) is an Alan Parker MGM musical drama about students at New York's High School of Performing Arts, starring Irene Cara; it won two Oscars, spawned a 1982–87 TV series, and joined the National Film Registry in 2023.

Fame (1982 TV series)

Fame (1982–1987) is the NBC and syndicated TV series spun off from the 1980 Alan Parker film, set at New York's High School of Performing Arts, created by Christopher Gore, starring Debbie Allen as Lydia Grant, with four seasons in syndication.

Fame (David Bowie song)

Fame (1975), David Bowie funk rock single co-written with Carlos Alomar and John Lennon, recorded 30 January 1975 at Electric Lady Studios; Bowie's first US Billboard No. 1 (UK No. 17), closing the Young Americans album.

Fame (Irene Cara song)

"Fame" is a 1980 song by Irene Cara, written by Michael Gore and Dean Pitchford for Alan Parker's film Fame. Oscar and Golden Globe winner; US Hot 100 number 4 in 1980, UK number 1 for three weeks in 1982 after the TV series revival.

Fame (musical)

Fame the Musical is a 1988 stage adaptation of the 1980 film Fame, book by Jose Fernandez, music by Steve Margoshes, lyrics by Jacques Levy, conceived by David De Silva; it follows a Performing Arts High School class from 1980 to 1984.

FAME Casino

FAME Casino names several unrelated gambling businesses: a licensed land-based casino in Minsk, Belarus (opened March 2018, Marriott/Falcon Club, 13 tables, 60-78 slots), Fame Casino Batumi in Georgia, the Turkish online Famecasino, and the US sweepstakes brand PlayFame.

FAME India scheme

The FAME India scheme, short for Faster Adoption and Manufacturing of Electric Vehicles in India, is a government subsidy program for electric vehicles run from 2015 to 2024.

Fame Is a Gun

Fame Is a Gun is a 2025 synth-pop song by Addison Rae, the fifth single from her debut album Addison, co-written and produced with Luka Kloser and Elvira Anderfjärd; it peaked at No. 23 on the UK Official Singles Chart.

FAME trial (NCT03709147)

FAME trial (NCT03709147): phase II Milan trial testing metformin with or without fasting-mimicking diet added to platinum-pemetrexed chemoimmunotherapy for advanced LKB1-inactive lung adenocarcinoma; terminated for low recruitment.

FAME trial (NCT03955003)

FAME trial (NCT03955003), the Fatigue, Anxiety, Music, and Entertainment Study, a University of Utah randomized pilot feasibility trial of six-week group drumming versus attention control for fatigue, anxiety, and cognition in cancer patients; completed 2020, 21 participants.

Famenne-Ardenne UNESCO Global Geopark

Famenne-Ardenne UNESCO Global Geopark, Belgium's first geopark (designated 17 April 2018), a 915 km² area of Wallonia spanning the Famenne, Calestienne, and Ardennes, famed for karst caves and the Lesse, Lomme, and Ourthe rivers.

Famesick

Famesick: A Memoir is Lena Dunham's second memoir (Random House, April 14, 2026), a #1 New York Times bestseller about fame, chronic illness, addiction, and her Girls decade.

Famfa Oil

Famfa Oil is a Nigerian family-owned oil and gas company founded in 1991 by Modupe and Folorunso Alakija, best known for holding 60% of OML 127, which contains part of the Chevron-operated Agbami field.

Famiclone

Famiclone (Famicom clone): unlicensed hardware replica of Nintendo's 8-bit Famicom/NES, mostly made in Taiwan; early UMC chip copies, later NOAC single-chip designs; brands include Dendy, Micro Genius, Super Joy III; legal after Nintendo patent expiry mid-2000s.

Famili Parc

فاميلي بارك (Famili Parc) is an amusement park in Tissemsilt, Algeria, opened December 2016 by Family Shop on 3 hectares for 700 million dinars, with 16 rides and the Zamperla Crazy Mouse coaster.

Familia

Familia is a Romanian cultural and literary magazine founded in 1865 at Pest by Iosif Vulcan, published from 1880 at Oradea, and best known for Mihai Eminescu's 1866 debut.

Familia Yangol Padilla

Familia Yangol Padilla is a casino in Guamote, Chimborazo Province, Ecuador, mapped in OpenStreetMap as node 4446928493 (amenity=casino) at -1.92104, -78.70061, near Santa Ana Lodging and the Primax gas station.

Familial abdominal aortic aneurysm

Familial abdominal aortic aneurysm is a form of aortic aneurysm that runs in families, affecting people with an affected parent, sibling, or child; it tends to rupture more often.

Familial acute necrotizing encephalopathy

Familial acute necrotizing encephalopathy (ADANE, ANE1, IIAE3) is a rare autosomal dominant encephalopathy triggered by viral infection, caused mainly by RANBP2 missense mutations, with incomplete penetrance, recurrent episodes, and roughly one-third mortality.

Familial adenomatous polyposis

Familial adenomatous polyposis (FAP, classic FAP): autosomal dominant APC-gene disorder causing hundreds to thousands of colorectal adenomas, very high early colorectal cancer risk, managed by colonoscopy from age 10-15 and colectomy.

Familial adult myoclonic epilepsy

Familial adult myoclonic epilepsy (FAME, BAFME, FCMTE) is a rare autosomal dominant epilepsy with cortical tremor and myoclonus from adolescence, caused by intronic TTTTA/TTTCA repeat expansions in six genes including SAMD12.

Familial advanced sleep-phase syndrome

Familial advanced sleep-phase syndrome (FASPS, now FASP) is a rare autosomal dominant circadian variant with very early sleep onset and offset and a short circadian period, caused by mutations in PER2, CSNK1D, PER3, TIMELESS, CRY2, and other clock genes.