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Fanny-18B Oil and Gas Field

Fanny-18B is an operating onshore oil and gas field in Ecuador's Sucumbíos province, discovered in 1972, producing since 1975, and wholly owned by Andes Petroleum.

Fano algorithm

The Fano algorithm is a sequential decoding algorithm for convolutional codes, devised by Robert M. Fano of MIT and published in 1963, searching a code tree while keeping only one current path and a running threshold.

Fantasy (fragrance)

Fantasy is a women's eau de parfum by Britney Spears, released in 2005 under Elizabeth Arden. It became her best-selling and one of the most successful celebrity fragrances.

Fantom (programming language)

Fantom is a portable, object-oriented programming language created by brothers Brian and Andy Frank in 2005, originally named Fan, that runs on the Java VM and compiles to JavaScript.

FANUC CRX

The FANUC CRX is a series of six-axis collaborative robot arms made by FANUC Corporation, first shown in Tokyo in 2019 and now spanning five models with payloads from 5 kg to 30 kg.

FANUC LR Mate

The FANUC LR Mate is a family of compact six-axis industrial robots made by FANUC, introduced in 1992 and best known for machine tending, assembly, and pick and place work.

FANUC M-2000iA

The FANUC M-2000iA is a six-axis super heavy-payload industrial robot series from FANUC, introduced in 2009, that lifts 900 to 2,300 kg at the wrist.

FANUC M-410iC

The FANUC M-410iC is a series of four-axis industrial palletizing robots made by FANUC Corporation, offered in four models with payloads from 110 to 500 kg.

FANUC M-710iC

The FANUC M-710iC is a family of six-axis medium-payload industrial robots made by FANUC of Japan, introduced in 2006 with payloads of 12 to 70 kg.

FANUC R-2000iC

The FANUC R-2000iC is a series of six-axis industrial robots made by FANUC, with payloads from 100 to 270 kg, used mainly for heavy material handling and spot welding.

FANUC R-30iB Plus

The FANUC R-30iB Plus is a robot controller introduced by FANUC in 2017 as the enhanced successor to the R-30iB, running software version 9.x and shipping with the CRX collaborative robots.

FANUC ROBOMACHINE

FANUC ROBOMACHINE is the FANUC Corporation division and brand selling ROBODRILL machining centers, ROBOSHOT electric injection molding machines, and ROBOCUT wire EDM machines.

Fanxing Li

Fanxing Li (李凡星) is a chemical engineer and Thomas M. Clausi Distinguished Professor at North Carolina State University, known for chemical looping catalysis and CO2 capture.

FAQ

An FAQ, or frequently asked questions, is a document or webpage listing common questions about a subject with prepared answers, a convention that began on Usenet and became standard on websites in the 1990s.

Far EasTone

Far EasTone Telecommunications is one of the three major mobile carriers in the Taiwan market, founded in 1997 as a joint venture between the Far Eastern Group and AT&T.

Far Manager

Far Manager (FAR file manager) is a free, open-source, text-mode file and archive manager for Windows, created by Eugene Roshal in 1996 and developed today by the Far Group under the BSD license.

Far North Liquids and Associated Gas System

The Far North Liquids and Associated Gas System (FLAGS) is a North Sea pipeline carrying gas from the Brent field to St Fergus, Scotland, since 1982.

FAR Part 23

FAR Part 23 (14 CFR Part 23) sets the Federal Aviation Administration's airworthiness standards for type-certificating small airplanes, rewritten in December 2016 to replace prescriptive design requirements with performance-based standards.

FAR Part 25

FAR Part 25 is the set of United States Federal Aviation Regulations governing airworthiness standards that transport category airplanes, including airliners, must meet for FAA type certification.

Far Ultraviolet Spectroscopic Explorer

The Far Ultraviolet Spectroscopic Explorer (FUSE) was a NASA space telescope launched in 1999 that obtained high-resolution far-ultraviolet spectra of stars and galaxies, operating until 2007.

Faraday Building

The Faraday Building is a former General Post Office telephone exchange in the City of London, named after Michael Faraday and opened as the international telephone exchange in 1933.

Faraday Future

Faraday Future is a California electric vehicle and robotics company founded by Jia Yueting in 2014, known for its long-delayed $309,000 FF 91 electric SUV.

Faraday Medal

The Faraday Medal is the premier award of Britain's Institution of Engineering and Technology, honoring major achievements in engineering; first awarded in 1922 to Oliver Heaviside.

Faraday Technology

Faraday Technology is a Taiwanese fabless ASIC design service and silicon IP provider, founded in 1993 as a former UMC division and listed on the Taiwan Stock Exchange under ticker 3035.

Faradion

Faradion Limited is a British sodium-ion battery technology company founded in Sheffield, England, in 2011, described as the first non-aqueous Na-ion company and acquired by Reliance Industries in a 2021 deal.

Farakka Barrage (ফরাক্কা ব্যারাজ)

Farakka Barrage (ফরাক্কা ব্যারাজ), also called Farakka dam, is a 2,245-meter barrage across the Ganga in West Bengal, India, commissioned in 1975 to divert water toward Kolkata port.

Farakka power station

Farakka power station, or Farakka Super Thermal Power Station, is a 2,100 MW coal-fired NTPC plant at Nabarun in Murshidabad district, West Bengal, India, with units commissioned from 1986.

Faras power plant

Faras power plant (محطة فرس الغازية) is a gas-fired power station of at least 1,610 megawatts at Al Qar'aa in Saudi Arabia's Eastern Province, owned by Saudi Electricity Company.

Farasis Energy

Farasis Energy (孚能科技) is a Chinese manufacturer of lithium-ion pouch batteries for electric vehicles, founded in Silicon Valley in 2002 and headquartered in Ganzhou, Jiangxi.

Fare basis code

A fare basis code, also called a fare basis or fare code, is the alphanumeric code an airline assigns to identify a fare by class, qualification, and restrictions.