Fast or FAST may refer to: * Fast (noun), high

speed In everyday use and in kinematics, the speed (commonly referred to as ''v'') of an object is the magnitude of the change of its position over time or the magnitude of the change of its position per unit of time; it is thus a scalar quanti ...

or velocity * Fast (noun, verb), to practice

fasting Fasting is the abstention from eating and sometimes drinking. From a purely physiological context, "fasting" may refer to the metabolic status of a person who has not eaten overnight (see " Breakfast"), or to the metabolic state achieved after co ...

, abstaining from food and/or water for a certain period of time

Acronyms and coded

Computing and software

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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, 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 FAST TCP (also written FastTCP) is a TCP congestion avoidance algorithm especially targeted at long-distance, high latency links, developed at the Netlab, California Institute of Technology and now being commercialized by FastSoft. FastSoft was a ...

, 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 Lank ...

, a Norwegian company focusing on data search technologies * Fatigue Avoidance Scheduling Tool, software to develop work schedules * Features from accelerated segment test, computer vision method for corner detection * Federation Against Software Theft, a UK organization that pursues those who illegally distribute software *

Feedback arc set In graph theory and graph algorithms, a feedback arc set or feedback edge set in a directed graph is a subset of the edges of the graph that contains at least one edge out of every cycle in the graph. Removing these edges from the graph breaks al ...

in Tournaments, a computational problem in graph theory * USENIX Conference on File and Storage Technologies

Government

* Faʻatuatua i le Atua Samoa ua Tasi, a political party in Samoa *

Fixing America's Surface Transportation Act The Fixing America's Surface Transportation Act or the FAST Act is a funding and authorization bill to govern United States federal surface transportation spending. It was passed by Congress on December 3, 2015, and President Barack Obama signed ...

, 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 The Free and Secure Trade (FAST) program is a joint United States-Canadian program between the Canada Border Services Agency and the U.S. Customs and Border Protection. The FAST initiative offers pre-authorized importers, carriers and drivers expe ...

, a Canada-United States and Mexico-United States program to facilitate faster cross border trade

Military

Fleet Antiterrorism Security Team The Marine Corps Security Force Regiment is a dedicated security and anti-terrorism unit of the United States Marine Corps. It provides security forces to guard high-value naval installations, most notably those containing nuclear vessels and w ...

, a branch of the United States Marine Corps * Fuel And Sensor Tactical packs, a type of conformal fuel tank developed for the F-15 *

Future Assault Shell Technology helmet The Ops-Core Future Assault Shell Technology (FAST) Helmet, also known as the FAST helmet, is a combat helmet used by special operations forces and law enforcement organizations. The FAST helmet series features a distinctive shell shape, with ...

, a combat helmet of United States of America.

Organizations

Farnborough Air Sciences Trust The Farnborough Air Sciences Trust (FAST) museum holds a collection of aircraft (actual and model), satellites, simulators, wind tunnel and Royal Aircraft Establishment-related material. It is based in Farnborough, Hampshire immediately adjacen ...

, an aviation museum * Financial Alliance for Sustainable Trade *

Firefighter assist and search team A firefighter assist and search team (FAST), also known as a rapid intervention team/rapid intervention crew/rapid intervention dispatch (RIT/RIC/RID), is a team of two or more firefighters dedicated solely to the search and rescue of other firefig ...

, a team of firefighters dedicated to the rescue of other firefighters *

Fulbright Academy of Science & Technology The Fulbright Academy, also known as the Fulbright Academy of Science & Technology, was an international non-profit organization established by alumni of the Fulbright Exchange Program and others interested in science and technology innovation. It ...

Science and medicine

FAST (stroke) FAST is an acronym used as a mnemonic to help detect and enhance responsiveness to the needs of a person having a stroke. The acronym stands for Facial drooping, Arm weakness, Speech difficulties and Time to call emergency services. *F - Facial dro ...

(Face, Arm, Speech, and Time), a mnemonic for the symptoms of a stroke *

Farpoint Asteroid Search Team Farpoint Observatory is an astronomical observatory owned and operated by the ''Northeast Kansas Amateur Astronomers' League'', or NEKAAL. It is located on the grounds of Mission Valley High School at Eskridge, near Auburn, Kansas, approxi ...

, 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 The Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical radio Telescope (FAST; ), nicknamed Tianyan (, lit. "Sky's/Heaven's Eye"), is a radio telescope located in the Dawodang depression (), a natural basin in Pingtang County, Guizhou, southwest China. FAST ...

(), a large single-dish radio telescope in Guizhou province, China *

Fluorescence-activating and absorption-shifting tag FAST (''Fluorescence-Activating and absorption-Shifting Tag'') is a small, genetically-encoded, protein tag which allows for fluorescence reporting of proteins of interest. Unlike natural fluorescent proteins and derivates such as GFP or mCherry, ...

, genetically-encoded protein tag used in molecular biology *

Focused assessment with sonography for trauma Focused assessment with sonography in trauma (commonly abbreviated as FAST) is a rapid bedside ultrasound examination performed by surgeons, emergency physicians, and paramedics as a screening test for blood around the heart ( pericardial effus ...

, an ultrasound used to examine the abdomen of a trauma patient *

Fourier amplitude sensitivity testing Fourier amplitude sensitivity testing (FAST) is a variance-based global sensitivity analysis method. The sensitivity value is defined based on conditional variances which indicate the individual or joint effects of the uncertain inputs on the outpu ...

, a variance-based global sensitivity analysis method *

Future Attribute Screening Technology Future Attribute Screening Technology (FAST) is a program created by the Department of Homeland Security. It was originally titled Project Hostile Intent. The purpose is to detect "Mal Intent" by screening people for "psychological and physiologi ...

Other acronyms

Fifteen and Send Time Dog agility is a dog sport in which a handler directs a dog through an obstacle course in a race for both time and accuracy. Dogs run off leash with no food or toys as incentives, and the handler can touch neither dog nor obstacles. The handl ...

, a type of dog agility competition * Fairfield and Suisun Transit *

Free ad-supported streaming television Free ad-supported streaming television, commonly abbreviated FAST, is a category of streaming television services which are available to consumers without a paid subscription, are funded solely by advertising, and stream traditional television prog ...

Arts and entertainment

* "Fast" (Luke Bryan song), 2016 * Fast (Juice Wrld song), 2019 * "Fast", a song by Chief Keef and Zaytoven from '' GloToven'', 2019 * ''Fast'', an album by Custom, 2002 * ''Fast'', a 2010 short film starring Charlyne Yi * " Fast (Motion)", 2021 song by Saweetie * '' The Fast Saga'', a film series in the F&F franchise

People

People with the surname

Alexia Fast Alexia Fast (born 12 September 1992) is a Canadian actress who began her career at the age of seven when she wrote, directed and starred in the short film ''The Red Bridge,'' which premiered at the 2002 Atlantic and Reel to Reel Film ...

(born 1992), Canadian actress * Christian Fast (1762–1841), American soldier and pioneer * Herman Becker Fast (1887-1945), American businessman, farmer, and politician *

Howard Fast Howard Melvin Fast (November 11, 1914 – March 12, 2003) was an American novelist and television writer. Fast also wrote under the pen names E.V. Cunningham and Walter Ericson. Biography Early life Fast was born in New York City. His mother, ...

(1914–2003), American novelist and television writer * Jesper Fast (born 1991), Swedish ice hockey player * Jonathan Fast (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 (born 1951), Polish professor and translator

People with the nickname

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

Other uses

* Fast Product, a record label