Fast or FAST may refer to: * Fast (noun), high speed or velocity * Fast (noun, verb), to practice fasting, abstaining from food and/or water for a certain period of time

Acronyms and coded

Computing and software

* ''

Faceted Application of Subject Terminology Faceted Application of Subject Terminology (FAST) is a general use controlled vocabulary based on the Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH). FAST is developed as a part of WorldCat by OCLC, Inc., with the goal of making subject cataloging les ...

'', a thesaurus of subject headings *

Facilitated Application Specification Techniques Joint application design (JAD) is a process used in the life cycle area of the dynamic systems development method (DSDM) to collect business requirements while developing new information systems for a company. "The JAD process also includes approa ...

, a team-oriented approach for requirement gathering *

FAST protocol The FAST protocol ( FIX Adapted for STreaming) is a technology standard developed by FIX Protocol Ltd., specifically aimed at optimizing data representation on the network. It is used to support high-throughput, low latency data communications betwe ...

, an adaptation of the FIX protocol, optimized for streaming * FAST TCP, a TCP congestion avoidance algorithm * FAST and later as

Fast Search & Transfer Microsoft Development Center Norway (known as Fast Search & Transfer ASA (FAST) before 2010) is a Norwegian company, founded in 1997 and based in Oslo. FAST focused on data search technologies. It had offices located in Germany, Italy, Sri Lanka ...

, a Norwegian company focusing on data search technologies *

Fatigue Avoidance Scheduling Tool Fatigue is a major human factors issue in aviation safety.Caldwell JA, Caldwell JL. Fatigue in military aviation: an overview of US military-approved pharmacological countermeasures. ''Aviat Space Environ Med'' 76(7, Suppl):C39-51, 2005. The Fatigue ...

, software to develop work schedules * Features from accelerated segment test, computer vision method for corner detection *

Federation Against Software Theft The Federation Against Software Theft (FAST) is a not-for-profit organisation, formed in 1984 with the aim of eliminating copyright infringement of software in the UK. FAST was the world's first Anti-piracy organisation to work on protecting the c ...

, a UK organization that pursues those who illegally distribute software * Feedback arc set in Tournaments, a computational problem in graph theory * USENIX Conference on File and Storage Technologies

Government

Faʻatuatua i le Atua Samoa ua Tasi (FAST; English: "Samoa United in Faith") is a political party in Samoa. It was founded by MP La'auli Leuatea Polataivao and is currently led by Prime Minister Fiamē Naomi Mataʻafa. Formation The party was registered on 30 July 2020, and in ...

, a political party in Samoa * Fixing America's Surface Transportation Act, passed by the United States Congress * Foreign-Deployed Advisory and Support Teams, a former program of the US Drug Enforcement Administration; see * Free and Secure Trade, a Canada-United States and Mexico-United States program to facilitate faster cross border trade

Military

* Fleet Antiterrorism Security Team, a branch of the United States Marine Corps *

Fuel And Sensor Tactical packs Conformal fuel tanks (CFTs) are additional fuel tanks fitted closely to the profile of an aircraft that extend the endurance of the aircraft. Advantages CFTs have a reduced aerodynamic penalty compared to external drop tanks, and do not signific ...

, a type of conformal fuel tank developed for the F-15 * Future Assault Shell Technology helmet, a combat helmet of United States of America.

Organizations

* Farnborough Air Sciences Trust, an aviation museum *

Financial Alliance for Sustainable Trade The International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) is an independent think tank founded in 1990 working to shape and inform international policy on sustainable development governance. The institute has three offices in Canada - Win ...

* Firefighter assist and search team, a team of firefighters dedicated to the rescue of other firefighters * Fulbright Academy of Science & Technology

Science and medicine

* FAST (stroke) (Face, Arm, Speech, and Time), a mnemonic for the symptoms of a stroke * Farpoint Asteroid Search Team, an asteroid search team located at the Farpoint Observatory * Fast Auroral Snapshot Explorer, one in the series of NASA's Small Explorer spacecraft * Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical Telescope (), a large single-dish radio telescope in Guizhou province, China * Fluorescence-activating and absorption-shifting tag, genetically-encoded protein tag used in molecular biology * Focused assessment with sonography for trauma, an ultrasound used to examine the abdomen of a trauma patient * Fourier amplitude sensitivity testing, a variance-based global sensitivity analysis method * Future Attribute Screening Technology

Other acronyms

* Fifteen and Send Time, a type of dog agility competition *

Fairfield and Suisun Transit Fairfield and Suisun Transit (FAST) provides general public fixed route bus service through eight local and two intercity/commuter routes. All FAST buses are wheelchair accessible and most are equipped with bike racks. In , the system had a ride ...

* Free ad-supported streaming television

Arts and entertainment

* "Fast" (Luke Bryan song), 2016 *

Fast (Juice Wrld song) "Fast" is a song by American rapper and singer Juice Wrld, released on March 8, 2019, as the fifth track from his second studio album ''Death Race for Love''. Composition On "Fast", Juice Wrld reflects on how his life has taken off since fame a ...

, 2019 * "Fast", a song by Chief Keef and Zaytoven from ''

GloToven ''GloToven'' is the first in a series of collaborative mixtapes by American rapper Chief Keef and American producer Zaytoven. It was released on March 15, 2019, through Glo Gang and RBC Records. It follows Chief Keef's ''The Leek Vol. 7'' mixtape ...

'', 2019 * ''Fast'', an album by Custom, 2002 * ''Fast'', a 2010 short film starring

Charlyne Yi Charlyne Amanda Yi (born January 4, 1986) is an American actor, comedian, musician, and writer. Their performances include music, magic, games, and often audience participation. Their screenwriting debut, the feature film '' Paper Heart'', wo ...

* "

Fast (Motion) "Fast (Motion)" is a song recorded by American rapper Saweetie. The song was released on May 7, 2021, via Icy and Warner Records. It serves as the fourth single from Saweetie's debut studio album, ''Pretty B Music, Pretty Bitch Music''. Backgr ...

", 2021 song by Saweetie * ''

The Fast Saga ''Fast & Furious'' (also known as ''The Fast and the Furious'') is a media franchise centered on a series of action films that are largely concerned with street racing, heists, spies, and family. The franchise also includes short films, a t ...

'', a film series in the F&F franchise

People

People with the surname

* Alexia Fast (born 1992), Canadian actress *

Christian Fast Christian Fast (1762-1841) was born in Maryland, the youngest son of German immigrants, Johann Nicklaus Fast and Cadarina Dörner, who were from Göcklingen, Germany (Nicklaus) and Ilbesheim, Germany (Cadarina), although he spent much of his youth ...

(1762–1841), American soldier and pioneer *

Herman Becker Fast Herman Becker Fast (May 19, 1887 – December 20, 1938) was an American farmer, businessman, and politician. Fast was born in a Mennonite farming family in Mountain Lake, Cottonwood County, Minnesota. He lived with his wife and family in Butt ...

(1887-1945), American businessman, farmer, and politician * Howard Fast (1914–2003), American novelist and television writer *

Jesper Fast Jesper Fast (born December 2, 1991) is a Swedish professional ice hockey right winger of the Carolina Hurricanes of the National Hockey League (NHL). Fast was drafted by the New York Rangers in the sixth round (157th overall) of the 2010 NHL Entr ...

(born 1991), Swedish ice hockey player *

Jonathan Fast Jonathan Fast (born April 13, 1948) is an American author and social work teacher. Life and career Fast was born in New York City. He attended Princeton University, and earned graduate degrees at Columbia University and Yeshiva University. He ...

(born 1948), American author, son of Howard Fast * Julius Fast (1919–2008), American author, brother of Howard Fast * Matt Fast, lead singer of the Canadian punk band The Undecided * Molly Jong-Fast (born 1978), American author, daughter of Jonathan Fast *

Piotr Fast Piotr Fast (born 1 November 1951, in Warsaw) is a Polish professor, historian of Russian literature, Translation Studies scholar and translator. He graduated in Russian Studies from the Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznan in 1975. For many years ...

(born 1951), Polish professor and translator

People with the nickname

* Brian Leiser (born 1972), nicknamed "Fast", musician *

Fast Eddie (disambiguation) Fast Eddie or Fast Eddy may refer to: People * Eddie Clarke (1950–2018), English guitarist and former member of Motörhead *Edward Davenport (fraudster) (born 1966), convicted English fraudster * Edward Dostaler, Canadian charity runner *Paul Edm ...

Other uses

* Fast Product, a record label