AFP most often refers to: *

Agence France-Presse Agence France-Presse (; AFP) is a French international news agency headquartered in Paris, France. Founded in 1835 as Havas, it is the world's oldest news agency. With 2,400 employees of 100 nationalities, AFP has an editorial presence in 260 c ...

, an international news agency *

Australian Federal Police The Australian Federal Police (AFP) is the principal Federal police, federal law enforcement agency of the Australian Government responsible for investigating Crime in Australia, crime and protecting the national security of the Commonwealth ...

AFP or afp may also refer to:

Media

Advertiser-funded programming Advertiser-funded programming (AFP) is a recent term applied to a break away from the modern model of television funding in place since the early 1960s. Since that time, programmes have normally been funded by a Broadcasting, broadcaster and they r ...

, a television funding model *

American Family Publishers American Family Publishers was an American company that sold magazine subscriptions. Founded in 1977, American Family Publishers (AFP) was one of America's leading marketers of magazine subscriptions. AFP was jointly owned by TAF Holdings, Inc. ( ...

, a magazine subscription company *, a recording industry association in Portugal

Publications

*'' American Free Press'', a weekly newspaper *''

American Family Physician ''American Family Physician'' (''AFP'') is the editorially independent, peer-reviewed and evidence-based medical journal published by the American Academy of Family Physicians. Published continuously since 1950, each issue delivers concise, easy ...

'', a peer-reviewed journal of the American Academy of Family Physicians * '' Archive of Formal Proofs'', a mathematics journal *'' Australian Family Physician'', a peer-reviewed journal of the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners

Television

* ''AFP'' (TV series), a 2011 Australian factual television series *'' AFP: American Fighter Pilot'', a 2002 American television reality show * ''

America's Funniest People ''America's Funniest People'' is an American reality show on ABC that debuted on May 13, 1990 as a 30 minute television special ''America's Funniest... Part II'', aired after the popular ''America's Funniest Home Videos''. The green-lit series, ...

'', a 1990 American television reality show

Organizations

Armed Forces of the Philippines The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) () are the military forces of the Philippines. It consists of three main service branches; the Philippine Army, Army, the Philippine Air Force, Air Force, and the Philippine Navy, Navy (including the P ...

Association for Financial Professionals The Certified Treasury Professional (CTP) is a certification awarded by the Association for Financial Professionals (AFP) of Bethesda, Maryland to individuals who meet eligibility criteria and demonstrate current competency standards measured th ...

* Asia Federation of Pickleball

Politics

* Alliance of the Forces of Progress (Senegal), a social-democratic political party in Senegal * America First Party (disambiguation) **

America First Party (1944) The America First Party is the name of two US political parties: * America First Party (1943), an isolationist political party founded in 1943 *America First Party, another name for the Populist Party (United States, 1984) See also * America Firs ...

, an isolationist political party in 1944, renamed the Christian Nationalist Crusade in 1947 ** America First Party, another name for the Populist Party (United States, 1984) (1984–96) *

Americans for Prosperity Americans for Prosperity (AFP), founded in 2004, is a Libertarian conservatism, libertarian conservative political advocacy group in the United States affiliated with brothers Charles Koch and the late David Koch. As the Koch family's primary pol ...

, a Washington, D.C.–based political advocacy group, one of the most influential conservative organizations in the U.S. * Anarchist Federation of Poland, an anarcho-syndicalist organization that operated in Poland from 1926 to 1939 *

Australia First Party The Australia First Party (AFP), officially known as the Australia First Party (NSW) Incorporated, is an Australian nationalism, Australian nationalist political party founded in 1996 by Graeme Campbell (politician), Graeme Campbell, a former m ...

, a far-right political party in Australia *

Australian Federation Party Trumpet of Patriots (TOP) is a right-wing populist political party in Australia. It is registered with the Australian Electoral Commission (AEC) as well as in New South Wales for local government elections and the Northern Territory for parlia ...

, an Australian political party

Science and medicine

Acute flaccid paralysis Flaccid paralysis is a neurological condition characterized by weakness or paralysis and reduced muscle tone without other obvious cause (e.g., trauma). This abnormal condition may be caused by disease or by trauma affecting the nerves associ ...

, a clinical manifestation characterized by paralysis and reduced muscle tone *

Alpha-fetoprotein Alpha-fetoprotein (AFP, α-fetoprotein; also sometimes called alpha-1-fetoprotein, alpha-fetoglobulin, or alpha fetal protein) is a protein that in humans is encoded by the ''AFP'' gene. The ''AFP'' gene is located on the ''q'' arm of chromosome ...

, a molecule produced in the developing embryo and fetus *

Antifreeze protein Antifreeze proteins (AFPs) or ice structuring proteins refer to a class of polypeptides produced by certain animals, plants, fungi and bacteria that permit their survival in temperatures below the freezing point of water. AFPs bind to small ...

, a class of proteins that protect from ice damage in certain vertebrates, plants, fungi, and bacteria *

Antifungal protein The antifungal protein family is a protein family, with members sharing a structure consisting of five antiparallel beta strands which are highly twisted creating a beta barrel stabilised by four internal disulphide bridges. A cationic site adj ...

, a family of proteins with fungicidal activity * '' Archive of Formal Proofs'', a mathematics journal *

Atypical facial pain Atypical facial pain (AFP) is a type of chronic facial pain which does not fulfill any other diagnosis. There is no consensus as to a globally accepted definition, and there is even controversy as to whether the term should be continued to be us ...

Technology

Active fire protection Active fire protection (AFP) is an integral part of fire protection. AFP is characterized by items and/or systems, which require a certain amount of motion and response in order to work, contrary to passive fire protection. Categories Manual f ...

* , a German gunboat of World War II, a derivative of the *

Automated fiber placement Automated fiber placement (AFP), also known as advanced fiber placement, is an advanced method of manufacturing composite materials. These materials, which offer lighter weight with equivalent or greater strength than metals, are increasingly ...

, a method of manufacturing with composite materials

Computing

Advanced Function Presentation Advanced Function Presentation (AFP) is a presentation architecture and family of associated printer software and hardware that provides for document and information presentation independent of specific applications and devices. Using AFP, users ...

Apple Filing Protocol The Apple Filing Protocol (AFP), formerly AppleTalk Filing Protocol, is a proprietary protocol, proprietary Communications protocol, network protocol, and part of the Apple File Service (AFS), that offers file services for macOS, classic Mac OS, ...

, an Apple remote file access protocol * Advanced Flexible Processor, a CDC Cyber computer system

People

* A.F.P. Hulsewé (1910–1993), Dutch professor *

Amanda Palmer Amanda MacKinnon Palmer (born April 30, 1976) is an American singer, songwriter, musician, and performance artist who is the lead vocalist, pianist, and lyricist of the duo the Dresden Dolls. She performs as a solo artist and was also a memb ...

(born 1976), sometimes known as Amanda Fucking Palmer, a punk cabaret artist formerly in the duo The Dresden Dolls

Other uses

* ', a fully funded capitalization system run by private sector pension funds in Chile; See Pensions in Chile * Tapei language (ISO 639-3 code: afp)