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FC

Specialty Definition: FC

DomainDefinition

Computing

FC A functional language. ["FC Manual", L. Augustsson, Memo 13, Programming Methodology Group, Chalmers U, Sweden 1982]. (1995-03-22). Source: The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing.

Electrical Engineering

A unit of illumination equal to uniformly distributed flux of 1 lumen per sq. ft. Symbol: fc. Source: European Union. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Specialty Definition: FC

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

FC may stand for:

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "FC."

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Fibre Channel

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

Fibre Channel is a serial computer bus intended for connecting high speed storage devices to computers, used primarily in the supercomputer field. The name is not terribly descriptive, as Fibre Channel can run on both twisted-pair wire, as well as fibre optic cables.

Fibre Channel started in 1988 as a way to simplify the HIPPI system currently in use for similar roles. HIPPI used a massive 50-pair cable and gigantic connectors, and had limited cable lengths. Fibre Channel was primarily interested in simplifying the connections and increasing the lengths, as opposed to increasing speeds. It also added support for any number of "upper layer" protocols, including SCSI, ATM and IP.

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Fibre Channel."

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List of people by name: Fa-Fd

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

List of people by name: A - B - C - D - E - F - G - H - I - J - K - L - M - N - O - P - Q - R - S - T - U - V - W - X - Y - Z Fa-Fd - Fe - Ff - Fg - Fh - Fi - Fj - Fk - Fl - Fm - Fn - Fo - Fp - Fq - Fr - Fs - Ft - Fu-Fz

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Abbreviations & Acronyms: FC

The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted.
EntrySourceExpressionField

FC

EnglishFine ChampagneN/A

FC

FrenchFréquence cardiaqueMedicine

FC

SwedishFluorokarbonN/A

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Crosswords: FC

Specialty definitions using "FC": Antibody-Dependent Cell Cytotoxicity, Antibody-Dependent Enhancement ♦ CD4 Immunoadhesins, Complement Pathway, Classical ♦ Histamine Release ♦ Immunoglobulin Constant Region, Immunoglobulins, alpha-Chain, Immunoglobulins, delta-Chain, Immunoglobulins, epsilon-Chain, Immunoglobulins, Fc, Immunoglobulins, gamma-Chain, Immunoglobulins, mu-Chain, Interleukin-4 ♦ Killer Cells ♦ Receptors, Fc, Receptors, IgG, Rosette Formation. (references)

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Modern Usage: FC

DomainUsage

Movie/TV Titles

Pride FC (2003)

100 Jahre FC Bayern (2000)

FC Lisby (1999)

Elf Freunde müsst ihr sein - Die Fußballprofis des FC Bayern München (1993)

FC de kampioenen (1990)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: FC

DomainTitle

References

  • FC Banc Corp.: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

  • Nitto FC Co., Ltd.: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

    (more reference examples)

  

Books

  • Official Liverpool Fc Annual 2002 (reference)

  • The Best Official Liverpool Fc Quiz Book Ever! (reference)

  • The Stamford Bridge Encyclopedia: An A-Z of Chelsea Fc (reference)

    (more book examples)

  

Theater & Movies

  • Pride FC 8 - From the Ariake Coliseum (reference)

  • Pride FC - Collision Course (reference)

  • Pride FC 1 - From the Tokyo Dome (reference)

  • Pride FC 4 - From the Tokyo Dome (reference)

  • Pride FC - Fighting Championships: Grand Prix Finals (reference)

    (more DVD examples; more video examples)

  

High Tech

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Photo Album: FC

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At the Norfolk Navy Yard, Portsmouth, Virginia, 31 December 1941, just before she deployed to the Pacific. The camouflaged ship alongside the near side of the next pier is USS George F. Elliott (AP-13). Another BB-40 class battleship is on the other side of that pier. Note: number "40" painted atop New Mexico's second 14"/50 triple gun turret; Mark 33 and other gun directors atop her superstructure; FC radar antenna on one of the directors and SC radar antenna mounted at the top of her mainmast. Credit: NAVY.

View looking forward from the ship's after deck, during a lull in the Battle of Casablanca, 8 November 1942. Note: 16"/45 guns of her after turret; 20mm gun at left with "Lead, Dammit, Lead" printed on its shield; FC & FD radar antennas atop her gun directors; two large National Ensigns flying from her masts. Credit: NAVY.

In the Cockatoo Drydock, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, circa late 1942, while under repair for torpedo damage received in the Naval Battle of Guadalcanal on 13 November 1942. Note the arrangement of gun directors on her forward superstructure: main battery director atop the foremast, with FC fire control radar; and a secondary battery director, with FD fire control radar, on each bridge wing. Also note this ship's external degaussing cables, mounted on her hull sides. Credit: NAVY.

View of the starboard side amidships, taken at the Mare Island Navy Yard, California, 27 June 1942, following repair of combat damage and an overhaul. Note the ship's redesigned forward superstructure, including an open bridge and reduced lower bridge wings. Mark 34 main battery gun director, with antenna for an FC gunfire control radar, is immediately in front of the foremast. The other director, just behind the open bridge, is a Mark 33, with antenna for an FD radar mounted on its front. Weight traversing gear on the main deck, between the forward superstructure and 6"/47 gun turret # 3, indicates that Helena is undergoing an inclining experiment to determine her stability. Credit: NAVY.

Off the Mare Island Navy Yard, California, 4 November 1941, following her last pre-war overhaul. Note that an "FC" radar antenna has been fitted to her main battery director. Her mast has been modified to receive the antenna for an "SC" radar set, but the antenna has not yet been installed. Credit: NAVY.

  

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

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Digital Photo Gallery: FC
 

"The Stadium Of Geneva" by Michaël Claude
Commentary: "The beautiful satium of Geneva "Le Stade de la Praille" , is the best stadium in switzerland.. This foto was while the match of Servette Fc VS Thoune FC.. Servette FC is the team of Geneva !... Alleez Serveeette !!!."		"Sunday at the game II" by Ossian Engmark
Commentary: "FC Copenhagen VS. AGF."

Source: photographs selected by the editor, with permission from the photographers.

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Non-Fiction Usage: FC

SubjectTopicQuote

Health

This may be caused by interference with Fc receptors on the cells of the monocyte-macrophage system. (references)

Fischer M, Hedberg K, Cardosi P, Plikaytis BD, Hoesly FC, Steingart KR, Bell TA, Fleming DW, Wenger JD, Perkins BA. Tobacco smoke as a risk factor for meningococcal disease. (references)

Mechanistic hypotheses such as the provision of anti-idiotype antibodies, Fc receptor blockade, and alteration of reticuloendothelial cell system function should be rigorously tested. (references)

Economic History

Croatia

Liquidity of the domestic banking sector certainly supports this approach, but there are drawbacks because domestic borrowings have so far been linked to the foreign currency, which does not resolve the FC risk. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Usage Frequency: FC

"FC" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 96.85% of the time. "FC" is used about 286 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)
Parts of SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words		Rank in English
Noun (proper)96.85%27717,585
Noun (common)2.45%7133,076
Noun (singular)0.7%2245,945
                    Total100.00%286N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Usage in Company Names: FC

CountryNameCountryName
Japan

Nitto FC Co., Ltd.

USA

FC Banc Corp.

 (more examples...)  

Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.

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Expression: FC

Expression using "FC": FC container ship. Additional references.

Hyphenated Usage

Beginning with "FC": FC-AL, fc-family, FC-PGA.

Ending with "FC": Pascal-FC.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: FC

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day		ExpressionFrequency
per Day

barcelona fc

793

fc utrecht

39

arsenal fc

267

fc santos

36

manchester united fc

247

leeds united fc

35

celtic fc

244

fc wolf

32

chelsea fc

204

fc valencia

31

real madrid fc

194

fc kahuna

31

pride fc

189

reading fc

31

fc porto

181

luton town fc

30

fc

179

glasgow celtic fc

30

everton fc

151

cardiff city fc

29

fc tucker

96

england fc

29

manchester city fc

88

wimbledon fc

29

juventus fc

83

delco fc

28

portsmouth fc

69

newcastle united fc

28

ranger fc

62

cheat fc pride

26

fc bayern

56

fc basel

26

inter fc

50

birmingham city fc

25

fulham fc

45

barnsley fc

25

southampton fc

43

middlesbrough fc

25

aston villa fc

40

motherwell fc

24
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: FC

Language Translations for "FC"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Danish

  

Fc-receptor (Fc receptor), Fc-fragment (fragment Fc). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

FC receptor (Fc receptor), Fc (fragment Fc). (various references)

   

Finnish

  

Fc-reseptori (Fc receptor), Fc-pala (fragment Fc). (various references)

   

French

  

bougie par pied. (various references)

   

German

  

FC-Region (Fc receptor), Fc-Fragment (fragment Fc). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

κλάσμα Fc (fragment Fc), υποδοχέας Fc (Fc receptor). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

haderõ parancsnok (force commander). (various references)

   

Italian

  

frammento Fc (fragment Fc), recettore per Fc (Fc receptor). (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

フランス窓 (flamberge, flannel, flick, franchise, franchise chain, freak, free, free agent, free dial, free kick, free sex, free skating, free talking, free tax, free throw, free time, free trade, free weights, freedom, freesia, free-software, freestyle, freeware, freeway, freeze, freeze-dry, freezer, French, French window, frieze, one size fits all, one whose livelihood is provided by part-time work, refrigerator, toll-free number, young people subsisting on part-time work). (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

フランチャイズチェーン (franchise chain). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

fcay.(various references)

   

Portuguese

  

fragmento Fc (fragment Fc), receptor Fc (Fc receptor). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

fragmento Fc (fragment Fc), Fc (fragment Fc), región Fc-gamma (Fc-gamma region), receptor Fc (Fc receptor), cláusula "captura, secuestro" (FC and S clause). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

Fc-receptor (Fc receptor), Fc-fragment (fragment Fc). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Ancestral Language Translations: FC

LanguagePeriodTranslations
Latin500 BCE-Modern

RM:Cumissiun da finanzas. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Derivations: FC

Derivations

Words containing "FC": beefcake, beefcakes, briefcase, briefcases, chiffchaff, chiffchaffs, offcast, offcasts, offcut, offcuts. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Anagrams: FC

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

 Words containing the letters "c-f"
 

+2 letters: cafe, caff, calf, chef, clef, coff, coft, coif, coof, corf, cuff, cuif, curf, face, fact, feck, fice, fico, fisc, flic, floc, foci, fuci, fyce.

 

+3 letters: cafes, caffs, calfs, calif, chafe, chaff, chefs, chief, chufa, chuff, clefs, cleft, cliff, clift, coffs, coifs, comfy, coofs, craft, croft, cuffs, cuifs, curfs, decaf, faced, facer, faces, facet, facia, facts, fancy, farce, farci, farcy, fecal, feces, fecks, fence, fetch, fices, fiche, fichu, ficin, ficus, filch, finch, fiscs, fitch, flack, fleck, flick, flics, flock, flocs, focal, focus, force, franc, frock, fucus, fyces, mafic, scarf, scoff, scuff, scurf.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Crosswords
2. Usage: Modern
3. Usage: Commercial
4. Images: Photo Album 		5. Images: Digital Art
6. Quotations: Non-fiction
7. Usage Frequency
8. Names: Company Usage 		9. Expressions
10. Expressions: Internet
11. Translations: Modern
12. Translations: Ancient 		13. Abbreviations
14. Acronyms
15. Derivations
16. Anagrams 		17. Bibliography


  

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