Flann is both an English

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and an Irish masculine given name, but has also been used as a feminine given name. It might refer to: * Flann Fína mac Ossu, another name for King Aldfrith of Northumbria (died 704 or 705) *

Flann mac Lonáin Flann mac Lonáin (died 896) was an Irish poet. Background and career Flann mac Lonáin was a famed and at times controversial poet. He was the Chief Ollam of Ireland He seems to have been born in the east Clare/west Tipperary region. Distinguish ...

(died 896), Irish poet * Flann Sinna (died 916), also called Flann mac Maíl Sechnaill, High King of Ireland *

Flann Mainistrech Flann Mainistrech (died 25 November 1056) was an Irish poet and historian. Flann was the son of Echthigern mac Óengusso, who had been lector at the monastery of Monasterboice (modern County Louth), in Irish ''Mainistir Buite'', whence Flann's b ...

(died 1056), Irish scholar * Flann O'Brien, a pen name used by Irish writer

Brian O'Nolan Brian O'Nolan ( ga, Brian Ó Nualláin; 5 October 1911 – 1 April 1966), better known by his pen name Flann O'Brien, was an Irish civil service official, novelist, playwright and satirist, who is now considered a major figure in twentieth ce ...

(1911–1966) FLANN, an acronym for Fast Library for Approximate Nearest Neighbors, is a C++

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for approximate nearest neighbor search in

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.Arul Suju, Hancy Jose
FLANN: Fast approximate nearest neighbour search algorithm for elucidating human-wildlife conflicts in forest areas

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