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Computing

* ''

PC Format ''PC Format'' was a computer magazine published in the United Kingdom by Future plc, and licensed to other publishers in countries around the world. In publication between 1991 and 2015, it was part of Future plc's ''Format'' series of magazines ...

'', a monthly magazine * Percentage-closer filtering, a

shadow mapping Shadow mapping or shadowing projection is a process by which shadows are added to 3D computer graphics. This concept was introduced by Lance Williams in 1978, in a paper entitled "Casting curved shadows on curved surfaces." Since then, it has b ...

technique in computer graphics *

Pivotal Cloud Foundry Cloud Foundry is an open source, multi-cloud application platform as a service (PaaS) governed by the Cloud Foundry Foundation, a 501(c)(6) organization. The software was originally developed by VMware, transferred to Pivotal Software (a joint ...

, a version of the open source Cloud Foundry software supported by Pivotal Software * Point coordination function, a media access control technique used in wireless LANs *

Pair correlation function In statistical mechanics, the radial distribution function, (or pair correlation function) g(r) in a system of particles (atoms, molecules, colloids, etc.), describes how density varies as a function of distance from a reference particle. If ...

, a statistical tool to measure spatial correlation *

Polymer-clad fiber Hard-clad silica (HCS) or polymer-clad fiber (PCF) is an optical fiber with a core of silica glass (diameter: 200 µm) and an optical cladding made of special plastic (diameter: 230 µm). In contrast to all-silica fiber, the core and cla ...

, a type of optical fiber *

Programming Computable Functions In computer science, Programming Computable Functions (PCF) is a typed functional language introduced by Gordon Plotkin in 1977, based on previous unpublished material by Dana Scott. It can be considered to be an extended version of the typed lamb ...

, a functional programming language

File formats

* Physical Constraints File, a file format for the specification of

FPGA A field-programmable gate array (FPGA) is an integrated circuit designed to be configured by a customer or a designer after manufacturinghence the term '' field-programmable''. The FPGA configuration is generally specified using a hardware de ...

* Portable Compiled Format, a file format for distributing bitmap fonts *

Portable Content Format The DVB's Portable Content Format (PCF) is a data format designed by the DVB project for the description of interactive digital television (iTV) services. It is intended to support the business-to-business interchange of interactive content and to ...

, a file format for DVB-based interactive television * Profile Configuration File, a configuration file used to set up VPN connections * Page configuration Format (Guidewire)

Technology

* Photonic-crystal fiber * Pounds per cubic foot, a non- SI unit for density * Pivotal Cloud Foundry * Product carbon footprint method

Other

* Pan-Canadian Framework on Clean Growth and Climate Change * PAP Community Foundation, Singapore charity * ''Parti Communiste Français'', the French Communist party * Participatory Culture Foundation, U.S. charity to encourage individual political participation *

Patrol Craft Fast Patrol Craft Fast (PCF), also known as Swift Boats, were all-aluminum, long, shallow- draft vessels operated by the United States Navy, initially to patrol the coastal areas and later for work in the interior waterways as part of the brown-w ...

or Swift Boat, used by U.S. Navy in the Vietnam War *

PathCheck PathCheck Foundation is a volunteer-led nonprofit organization founded in February 2020 at MIT that develops COVID-19 apps for digital contact tracing. The organization consists of over 1000 volunteers. In addition, various companies donate emplo ...

Foundation, COVID-19 Exposure Notification App * President's Choice Financial, Canadian financial service company *

Prevent Cancer Foundation The Prevent Cancer Foundation (PCF) (formerly the ''Cancer Research Foundation of America'' or the ''Cancer Research and Prevention Foundation'') is a United States-based charity, and one of the leading US health organizations devoted to the earl ...

, U.S. charity *

Princeton Christian Fellowship The Princeton Christian Fellowship (PCF), formerly the Princeton Evangelical Fellowship (PEF), is a nondenominational Christian ministry at Princeton University whose purpose is "to help undergraduate and graduate students ... grow as believers an ...

, campus ministry * Prostate Cancer Foundation, U.S. charity *

People Can Fly People Can Fly is a Polish video game developer based in Warsaw. The studio was founded in February 2002 by Adrian Chmielarz, previously the co-founder of Metropolis Software, together with acquaintances Michał Kosieradzki and Andrzej Poznań ...

, a video game developer * Port Canaveral, Florida, United States {{disambiguation