FD or similar may refer to:
Science and technology
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Canon FD lens mount
The Canon FD lens mount is a physical standard for connecting a photographic lens to a 35mm single-lens reflex camera body. The standard was developed by Canon of Japan and was introduced in March 1971 with the Canon F-1 camera. It served as t ...
, a standard for connecting a lens to a camera
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Familial dysautonomia
Familial dysautonomia (FD), also known as Riley-Day Syndrome, is a rare, progressive, recessive genetic disorder of the autonomic nervous system that affects the development and survival of sensory, sympathetic and some parasympathetic neurons ...
, a disorder of the autonomic nervous system
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Fermi–Dirac statistics
Fermi–Dirac statistics (F–D statistics) is a type of quantum statistics that applies to the physics of a system consisting of many non-interacting, identical particles that obey the Pauli exclusion principle. A result is the Fermi–Dirac d ...
(F–D statistics), in quantum statistics
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Ferredoxin
Ferredoxins (from Latin ''ferrum'': iron + redox, often abbreviated "fd") are iron–sulfur proteins that mediate electron transfer in a range of metabolic reactions. The term "ferredoxin" was coined by D.C. Wharton of the DuPont Co. and applied t ...
, iron–sulfur proteins
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File descriptor
In Unix and Unix-like computer operating systems, a file descriptor (FD, less frequently fildes) is a process-unique identifier ( handle) for a file or other input/output resource, such as a pipe or network socket.
File descriptors typically ha ...
, in Unix and related computer operating systems
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Freedesktop.org (fd.o), an interoperability project
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Functional dependency, a constraint in a relation from a database
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Nissan FD engine, for trucks and buses
Transportation
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Thai AirAsia, IATA airline code FD
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Mazda RX-7 (FD), a car
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FD Phantom, original name for the FH Phantom jet fighter
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Russian locomotive class FD
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Flight director (aeronautics), a flight instrument
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Flying Dutchman (dinghy)
The Flying Dutchman is a Dutch planing sailing dinghy that was designed by Uus Van Essen and Conrad Gülcher as a high performance, one design racer and first built in 1951.
The boat was an Olympic sailing class from 1960 until 1992.
P ...
Other uses
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Fidei defensor
Defender of the Faith ( la, Fidei Defensor or, specifically feminine, '; french: Défenseur de la Foi) is a phrase that has been used as part of the full style of many English, Scottish, and later British monarchs since the early 16th century. It ...
(Latin, 'Defender of the Faith'), part of the full style of many English/British monarchs
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Fixed deposit
A fixed deposit (FD) is a financial instrument provided by banks or NBFCs which provides investors a higher rate of interest than a regular savings account, until the given maturity date. It may or may not require the creation of a separate acc ...
, a financial instrument
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Finance Director
The chief financial officer (CFO) is an officer of a company or organization that is assigned the primary responsibility for managing the company's finances, including financial planning, management of financial risks, record-keeping, and finan ...
, or chief financial officer, in a company
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Fire Department
A fire department (American English) or fire brigade (Commonwealth English), also known as a fire authority, fire district, fire and rescue, or fire service in some areas, is an organization that provides fire prevention and fire suppression se ...
, providing firefighting services
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Force of the Right (''Forța Dreptei''), a Romanian political party
See also
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Floppy disk drive (FDD) in early computers
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