FX, F-X, F/X, Fx, fx, or ''variation'', may refer to:
People
Arts, entertainment, and media
Effects
Fx, effects, as in:
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Effects unit
An effects unit or effects pedal is an electronic device that alters the sound of a musical instrument or other audio source through audio signal processing.
Common effects include distortion/overdrive, often used with electric guitar in el ...
, Guitar effects
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Sound effect
A sound effect (or audio effect) is an artificially created or enhanced sound, or sound process used to emphasize artistic or other content of films, television shows, live performance, animation, video games, music, or other media. Traditi ...
s
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Special effects
Music
Groups and labels
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f(x) (group)
f(x) (; ) is a South Korean girl group formed by SM Entertainment in 2009. The group is composed of Victoria, Amber, Luna, Krystal and previously Sulli until her departure from the group in August 2015. f(x) officially debuted in September 2 ...
, South Korean girl group
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HfsNegative FX, a hardcore rock band
Other uses in music
* "FX", a song on ''
Vol. 4 (Black Sabbath album)''
Television channels
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FX (TV channel) along with
its international networks, include:
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FX (Asia)
FX was an Asian pay-television entertainment channel, owned and operated by Fox Networks Group Asia Pacific, a subsidiary of Disney International Operations. It was launched on 2004 along with Playhouse Disney.
In India, the channel was replac ...
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FX (Canada)
FX is a Canadian English-language discretionary service channel owned as a partnership between Rogers Sports & Media, a division of Rogers Communications (which owns a controlling 66.64% interest and serves as managing partner), and the FX Netwo ...
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FX (Greece), defunct
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FX (India)
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FX (Italian TV channel)
FX was an Italian TV channel, which launched on 21 May 2006 in Italy on Sky Italia.
It broadcast Italian and US movies and TV series. It also aired a selection of mystery-related documentaries after their passage on the National Geographic Chan ...
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FX (Latin America)
FX is a Latin American pay television Television channel, channel. It is intended as a counterpart to Fox Life (now Star Life (Latin American TV channel), Star Life), the first being produced for the Young and Adult audience, while the latter is ...
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FX (Portugal), known as Fox Comedy since 2015
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FX (Australia)
FX was an Australian subscription television channel which focused on male-skewed television shows. The channel is owned and operated by Fox Networks Group and launched on 26 February 2012 on both Foxtel and Austar platforms.
On 12 June 2012 ...
, defunct
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Fox (UK and Ireland)
Fox (stylised as FOX) was a British pay television channel serving the United Kingdom and Ireland, owned by Fox Networks Group, a unit of Disney International Operations. It launched on 12 January 2004 as FX289, then changed its name to FX in ...
, British television channel formerly known as FX
Other uses in arts, entertainment, and media
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''FX'' (comics), a comic book series
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''FX'' (magazine), a UK trade magazine
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F/X'' , a 1986 American action-thriller film
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F/X2
''F/X2'' (also known as ''F/X2: The Deadly Art of Illusion'') is a 1991 American action thriller film directed by Richard Franklin and starring Bryan Brown and Brian Dennehy. It is a sequel to the 1986 film '' F/X''. This was Franklin's final A ...
'' , a 1991 action-thriller sequel to the 1986 film
* ''
F/X: The Series'', a television program based on the movie
Brands and enterprises
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FX Airguns, Swedish airgun manufacturer
* FX format, Nikon's nomenclature for the
full-frame digital SLR
A full-frame DSLR is a digital single-lens reflex camera (DSLR) with a 35 mm image sensor format (). Historically, 35 mm was one of the standard film formats, alongside larger ones, such as medium format and large format. The full-fra ...
camera
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FedEx Express
FedEx Express, a subsidiary of FedEx Corporation, is a major American cargo airline based in Memphis, Tennessee, United States. As of 2020, it is one of the world's largest airlines in terms of fleet size and freight tons flown. It is the na ...
, IATA airline code FX
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Fuji Xerox
was a joint venture partnership between the Japanese photographic firm Fujifilm Holdings and the American document management company Xerox to develop, produce and sell xerographic and document-related products and services in the Asia-Pacifi ...
, or FX, a Japanese document management company
Computing
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AMD FX
AMD FX was a series of high-end AMD microprocessors for personal computers which debuted in 2011, claimed as AMD's first native 8-core desktop processor. The line was introduced with the Bulldozer microarchitecture at launch (codename Zambezi), a ...
, AMD's processor
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Athlon 64 FX
The Athlon 64 is a ninth-generation, AMD64-architecture microprocessor produced by Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), released on September 23, 2003. It is the third processor to bear the name ''Athlon'', and the immediate successor to the Athlon XP. T ...
processor
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Firefox
Mozilla Firefox, or simply Firefox, is a free and open-source web browser developed by the Mozilla Foundation and its subsidiary, the Mozilla Corporation. It uses the Gecko rendering engine to display web pages, which implements current ...
, a web browser
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GeForce FX
The GeForce FX or "GeForce 5" series (codenamed NV30) is a line of graphics processing units from the manufacturer Nvidia.
Overview
Nvidia's GeForce FX series is the fifth generation of the GeForce line. With GeForce 3, the company introduced p ...
graphics processing unit
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JavaFX
JavaFX is a software platform for creating and delivering desktop applications, as well as rich web applications that can run across a wide variety of devices. JavaFX has support for desktop computers and web browsers on Microsoft Windows, Linu ...
, a software platform
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Super FX
The Super FX is a coprocessor on the Graphics Support Unit (GSU) added to select Super Nintendo Entertainment System (SNES) video game cartridges, primarily to facilitate advanced 2D and 3D graphics. The Super FX chip was designed by Argona ...
, a SNES coprocessor
* ''fx'', a command-line
JSON processing tool
Economics and finance
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Foreign exchange (disambiguation)
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Foreign exchange market, forex or FX
Healthcare and science
* Fx, medical shorthand for a
bone fracture
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Factor X
Factor X, also known by the eponym Stuart–Prower factor, is an enzyme () of the coagulation cascade. It is a serine endopeptidase (protease group S1, PA clan). Factor X is synthesized in the liver and requires vitamin K for its synthesis.
Fa ...
, a protein involved in coagulation
Vehicles
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Holden 48-215
The Holden 48-215 is a mid-size sedan which was produced by the Australian automaker Holden between November 1948 and October 1953. A coupe utility derivative, coded as the 50-2106 and marketed as the Holden Coupe Utility, was produced from J ...
, unofficially FX, Australian car
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Infiniti FX
The Infiniti QX70, formerly called the Infiniti FX until 2013, is a mid-size luxury crossover SUV produced by the Nissan-owned Infiniti luxury vehicle brand between 2002 and 2017. The FX replaced the QX4 as Infiniti's mid-size SUV. It shares the ...
, an SUV
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Tecma FX, a French hang glider
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Toyota Kijang
The Toyota Kijang is a series of pickup trucks, multi purpose vehicles and light commercial vehicles sold mainly in Southeast Asia, Taiwan and India by Toyota. It was first introduced in Indonesia in 1977 and had become the most popular car in ...
or Tamaraw FX, an SUV
Aviation
* Fighter Experimental:
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FX (Fighter Experimental), specifications for two US Naval fighter projects
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F-X (Fighter, Unknown designation number), ultimately USAF F-15 Eagle and General Dynamics F-16
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KFX/IFX, Indonesian fighter program
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KF-X
The KAI KF-21 ''Boramae'' (formerly known as KF-X) is a South Korean lead fighter aircraft development program with the goal of producing an advanced multirole fighter for the South Korean and Indonesian air forces. The airframe is stealt ...
, South Korean fighter program
Other uses
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f(x), functions in mathematics
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Foreign exchange service (telecommunications)
Foreign exchange service (FX) is an access service in a telecommunications network in which a telephone in a given exchange area is connected, via a private line, as opposed to a switched line, to a telephone exchange or central office in another ...
, a telephone connection to a distant exchange
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Frequent Express
Frequent Express (FX) is a high-capacity bus route in Portland, Oregon, United States, operated by TriMet as FX2–Division. The line runs east–west from 5th & Hoyt station on the Portland Transit Mall in downtown Portland to Cleveland Par ...
, a transit service provided by TriMet in Portland and Gresham, Oregon
See also
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