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Frome
Frome (pronounced "Froom") is a market town in eastern Somerset, England, founded around St Aldhelm's 7th-century monastery, once a major woollen cloth town, now known for independent shops, markets and the arts, population 28,569 (2021).
Fromis 9 (프로미스나인)
fromis_9 (프로미스나인) is a South Korean girl group formed on Idol School, debuted January 24, 2018; now a five-member group under ASND after leaving Pledis, known for Unlock My World, Glow ME, and the flover fanclub.
FromSoftware
FromSoftware, Inc. (株式会社フロム・ソフトウェア), Japanese game developer founded 1986 in Tokyo; maker of King's Field, Armored Core, Dark Souls, Bloodborne, Sekiro, and Elden Ring; Kadokawa-owned, 456 employees as of May 2025.
Frond
Frond: the leaf of a fern, a megaphyll with stipe, rachis, blade, pinnae, and pinnules; often pinnate to tripinnate, uncoiling from a fiddlehead, and bearing sori for spore reproduction.
Fronius TPS/i
Fronius TPS/i is a family of digitally controlled MIG/MAG welding power sources by the Austrian company Fronius, introduced in 2012 as successor to the TPS platform.
Front 242
Front 242, Belgian electronic band formed 1981 in Brussels, pioneers of Electronic Body Music (EBM). Albums Geography, Official Version, Front by Front; Headhunter hit Billboard dance #13; final show 25 January 2025 at Ancienne Belgique, Brussels.
Front crawl
Front crawl, the stroke used in freestyle swimming events, is a face-down alternating arm stroke with flutter kick and side breathing. Studies show it is faster and more energy-efficient than backstroke, butterfly, and breaststroke.
Front de libération du Québec
Front de libération du Québec (FLQ), Quebec Liberation Front: clandestine separatist group founded 1963, disbanded 1971; 200+ bombings, October 1970 kidnappings of James Cross and Pierre Laporte, War Measures Act response.
Front for Democracy in Burundi
The Front for Democracy in Burundi, or FRODEBU, is a Burundian party founded in 1986 whose 1993 victory made Melchior Ndadaye the first democratically elected Hutu president.
Front for National Salvation
The Front for National Salvation (FRONASA) was a Ugandan rebel movement founded by Yoweri Museveni in the early 1970s to fight Idi Amin's regime, forerunner of the National Resistance Army.
Front for the Liberation of the Enclave of Cabinda
The Front for the Liberation of the Enclave of Cabinda (FLEC) is a separatist movement fighting for the independence of Cabinda, an Angolan exclave, since the 1960s.
Front for the National Liberation of the Congo
The Front for the National Liberation of the Congo (FLNC) was a political-military movement of exiled Katangese fighters founded in 1968, best known for two invasions of Zaire's Shaba Province.
Front for the Restoration of Unity and Democracy
The Front for the Restoration of Unity and Democracy (FRUD) is a political party in Djibouti that began as an Afar rebel group in 1991.
Front Man (Squid Game)
Front Man (프론트맨), real name Hwang In-ho (황인호), is the masked overseer of the games in Netflix's Squid Game, played by Lee Byung-hun; a former police officer and 28th-game winner, brother of Jun-ho, and Season 2's Player 001 "Young-il."
Front Mission 3 (フロントミッション サード)
Front Mission 3 (フロントミッション サード) is Square's 1999 PlayStation tactical RPG by Toshiro Tsuchida, the series' first Western release, with AP-based wanzer combat, body-part damage, pilot ejection, and dual Emma/Alisa storylines; remade January 30, 2026.
Front of the Class
Front of the Class is a 2008 Hallmark Channel TV movie directed by Peter Werner, starring James Wolk as teacher Brad Cohen, whose Tourette syndrome did not stop him from winning a Georgia teaching award.
Front office
The front office is the customer-facing, revenue-generating part of a firm, distinct from the middle and back office; in investment banking it advises on M&A, raises capital, and trades securities.
Front organization
Front organization: an entity posing as independent while serving a hidden sponsor's agenda; also called front group. Uses the third-party technique and astroturfing; legal in the US but ethically questioned; examples include tobacco and dark money nonprofits.
Front Palace
The Front Palace (วังหน้า) was the residence and office of Siam's Second King, the viceroy second in the realm, from 1782 until King Chulalongkorn abolished it in 1885.
Front Palace crisis
The Front Palace crisis (วิกฤตการณ์วังหน้า) was the 1874–1875 political standoff in Siam between King Chulalongkorn and his cousin, Vice-King Wichaichan, ending with the effective abolition of Siam's centuries-old dual monarchy.
Front running
Front running is the practice of trading a security ahead of a pending transaction based on non-public knowledge of it, to profit from the expected price movement.
Front Toward Enemy (song)
Front Toward Enemy: songs named after the warning on the M18A1 Claymore mine, most prominently Marilyn Manson's 2024 B-side reworked into the 2026 single from One Assassination Under God – Chapter 2, plus Incendiary's 2017 metalcore track.
Front-end engineering design
Front-end engineering design (FEED) is the project stage that turns a selected concept into a defined technical basis for cost estimates, approval, and contracting before construction.
Front-end web development
Front-end web development is the practice of building the parts of a website or web application that run in the user's browser, using the client-side languages HTML, CSS, and JavaScript.
Front-engine, four-wheel-drive layout
The front-engine, four-wheel-drive layout is an automotive drivetrain arrangement with a front-mounted engine that can send torque to all four wheels, common on trucks and SUVs.
Front-of-the-meter
Front-of-the-meter (FTM) is an energy asset, most often a battery storage system, connected on the utility side of the customer's meter so it sells into wholesale markets rather than serving one customer.
Front-wheel drive
Front-wheel drive (FWD), also called the FF layout, is a drivetrain layout where the engine powers the front wheels, which both propel and steer the car.
Frontal fibrosing alopecia
Frontal fibrosing alopecia (FFA), a primary lymphocytic cicatricial alopecia first described by Kossard in 1994, causes progressive frontotemporal hairline recession and eyebrow loss, now the most common scarring alopecia worldwide, treated with 5-ARIs and potent topical steroids.
Frontal lobe
Frontal lobe: anterior lobe of each cerebral hemisphere containing primary motor cortex, Broca's area, and prefrontal cortex; supports movement, expressive language, and divided prefrontal functions, not disproportionately enlarged in humans versus apes.
Frontal lobe disorder
Frontal lobe disorder, often called frontal lobe syndrome, is an impairment of brain function from damage to the frontal lobes, causing disinhibition, personality change, and impaired judgment.