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Frosting (crime) Frosting is a rising form of vehicle theft, specifically occurring in winter, which involves an opportunist thief stealing a vehicle with its engine running whilst the owner de-ices it. According to a British insurance company the crime has contributed to the theft of 135,000 unattended cars in the past five years in the UK
Frosting spatula A frosting spatula is a special type of spatula designed especially for the use of spreading a substance, like frosting, onto something with a flat surface, like a cake. It is also an ideal tool for applying spreads onto sandwiches in mass quantities.
Frostisen The glacier Frostisen is one of the larger plateau glaciers in Norway. Frostisen covers an area of about 25 km², and is 1710 meters above sea level at its highest point and 840 meters above sea level at its lowest point.
Frostmoon Frostmoon was an underground viking metal/death metal band, formed in 1997 by composer Massacra and singer Tundra in the north of Norway. The band eventually became a solo project of Massacra, and Vinterfrost was recruited as a creative partner.
Frosty Drew Observatory Frosty Drew Observatory is an educational astronomical observatory owned and operated by Frosty Drew Nature Center located in Charlestown, Rhode Island, USA midway along the coast line between Westerly and Point Judith. It is named after Edwin "Frosty" Drew.
Frosty Freeze Frosty Freeze, also known as The Freeze To Please (born Wayne Frost on 8 December, 1963 in New York City, New York, USA) is a legendary old school hip hop breakdancer best known worldwide as a member of the second generation of the acclaimed hip hop/breakdancing crew, The Rock Steady Crew.
Frosty Returns This 1992 half-hour special is not truly a sequel to the 1969 classic Frosty the Snowman, as it was produced not by Rankin-Bass but by CBS. The characters, setting, and voices are different and the animation (by veteran Peanuts director Bill Melendez) is vastly different.
Frosty the Snowman Frosty the Snowman is a popular Christmas song written by Steve "Jack" Rollins and Steve Nelson and recorded by Gene Autry and the Cass County Boys in 1950. Like Jingle Bells and several other songs about winter, Frosty the Snowman is considered to be a Christmas song despite not mentioning Christmas at all.
Frosty the Snowman (television special) Frosty the Snowman is a thirty-minute animated television special based on the popular song of the same title. The program, which first aired in 1969, was produced for television by Rankin/Bass and featured the voices of comedians Jimmy Durante as narrator and Jackie Vernon as the title character.
Frosty's Winter Wonderland Frosty's Winter Wonderland is an animated Christmas television special produced in 1976 by Rankin-Bass. It is a sequel to the 1969 Frosty the Snowman special, also written by Romeo Muller, with narration provided by Andy Griffith.
Frosty, Heidi & Frank The Frosty, Heidi & Frank Show is the talk radio show team of Frosty Stilwell, Heidi Hamilton, and Frank Kramer, based in Los Angeles and broadcast from their home station 97.1 Free FM (KLSX) and syndicated to 101.
Froth flotation Froth Flotation is a selective process for separating minerals from gangue by using surfactants and wetting agents. The selective separation of the minerals makes processing complex (that is, mixed) orebodies economically feasible.
Froth fly Insects of which the young - larvæ and pupæ - are found in a frothy exudation on plants are called froth fly, froth-hopper, frog fly or froghopper. The frothy substance is called "frog spittle," "snake spit," or, in England, "cuckoo spit.
Frotho I Frotho I is one of the legendary Danish kings in Saxo Grammaticus' Gesta Danorum where he has a substantial biography. He succeeds his father Hadingus to the throne and replenishes the war-drained treasury by slaying a dragon and winning its treasure.
Frotmund FROTMUND bint Boaz ha Judah: A fictionalised character mentioned only in fraudulent souces attempting to prove a genealogical link between Christ and the Merovingians, largely the result of the Priory of Sion fraud. According to these fraudulent sources...
Frotteurism In psychiatry, the clinical term frotteurism (no longer called frottage) refers to a specific sexual disorder. It is a paraphilia involving rubbing against another person to achieve sexual arousal or even orgasm, discreetly without being discovered, typically in a public place such as a crowded train.
Frou Frou Frou Frou (IPA pronunciation: ) are a British electronica duo comprised of Imogen Heap and Guy Sigsworth, who released their only album, Details in 2002. Their music is a result of a full collaboration - they both write produce and play instruments on the tracks, while Heap also provides the vocals.
Froude number The Froude number is a dimensionless number used to quantify the resistance of an object moving through water, and compare objects of different sizes. Named after William Froude, the Froude number is based on the speed/length ratio discovered by Froude, and on which the Froude number is based.
Frozen baby food Frozen baby food is an alternative to heat processed jarred baby food, frozen baby food is made by cooking, pureeing and freezing fresh fruits and vegetables. There are several types of frozen baby food available nationally including HappyBaby, created by Nurture Inc.
Frozen bovine semen Using frozen semen for dairy cattle has been done since the 1950's. The oldest semen believed to be in existence was from a sire named Cottonade Emmet, who was a member of the American Breeders Service sire battery in 1952.
Frozen Bubble Frozen Bubble is a free software Puzzle Bobble style computer game which is available on several operating systems including Linux, Mac OS X, Windows and the Symbian Series 60 line of smartphones. There is also a single player Java applet version.
Frozen carbonated beverage A Frozen Carbonated Beverage is a mixture of flavored sugar syrup, carbon dioxide, and water that is frozen by a custom machine creating a drink comprised of a fine slush of suspended ice crystals, with very little liquid. Some common FCBs are the Slurpee, the ICEE, and the Froster.
Frozen food Frozen food is food preserved by the process of freezing. Freezing food is a common method of food preservation which slows both food decay and, by turning water to ice, makes it unavailable for bacterial growth and slows down most chemical reactions.
Frozen Flame The Frozen Flame, featured in the Japanese game Chrono Cross, is a mysterious flame shaped stone that acts as a MacGuffin in the storyline. It is said to have mystical powers strong enough to bend the rules of time.
Frozen Four The Frozen Four is the trademarked name of the final two rounds of the NCAA Division I championship of ice hockey in the USA. Schools advance in a single-elimination tournament from four regional sites to a single site, where the national semifinals and final game are played.
Frozen Peas Frozen Peas is the colloquial term for a blooper audio clip wherein American filmmaker Orson Welles performs narration for a series of British television advertisements for Findus. Welles reads scripts for commercials concerning frozen peas, fish fingers and beef burgers, all the while balking at their quality.
Frozen Run Frozen Run is a brand of clear birch beer originating from Williamsport, Pennsylvania. The label of Frozen Run contains a picture of a black bear, and on the back of the label contains information about the Pennsylvania black bear.
Frozen shoulder Frozen shoulder, medically referred to as adhesive capsulitis, is a disorder in which the shoulder capsule, the connective tissue surrounding the glenohumeral joint of the shoulder, becomes inflamed and stiff. Movement of the shoulder is severely restricted.
Frozen Tears Frozen Tears were an Australian rock band active during the late 90's. They released an album called Silence Of The Night in 1997 but are best known for recording a song named after, and intended as an unofficial theme song for, the South Melbourne side - then of the Australian National Soccer League.
Frozen Television Frozen Television is a television production company specializing in documentaries and entertainment programming. Frozen Television was founded by Brett Hudson and Burt Kearns and is affiliated with the motion picture production company, Frozen Pictures.
Frozen walrus carcass Igunaujannguaq, an Inuit word which translates to "Frozen Walrus Carcass", is a game which involves a person (the "frozen walrus carcass") in the centre of a ring of people trying to remain stiff as he or she is passed, hand over hand, around the ring. The person who drops the "frozen walrus carcass" then becomes the "frozen walrus carcass" and must be passed around the ring.
Frozie cup A Frozie cup (also frozie ~, frozy ~, or frozen cup, "cold cup" or "ice cup") is a simple Australian frozen dessert, often sold for school or community group fundraisingEllis Beach Surf Life Saving Club, 2005, Newsletter, http://www.ellisbeachslsc.
Fructification Fructification (Latin: fructificatio) is a term used in the plant morphology to denote the generative parts of the plant (flower and fruit) (as opposed to its vegetative parts: trunk, roots and leaves). Sometimes it is applied more broadly to the generative parts of gymnosperms, ferns, horsetails, and lycophytes, though they produce neither fruit nor flower.
Fructooligosaccharide Fructooligosaccharide (FOS) also sometimes called oligofructose or oligofructan, is an oligosaccharide used as an artificial or alternative sweetener. FOS use emerged in the 1980s in response to consumer demand for healthier and calorie-reduced foods.
Fructose Fructose (or levulose) is a simple sugar (monosaccharide) found in many foods and is one of the three most important blood sugars along with glucose and galactose. Honey, tree fruits, berries, melons, and some root vegetables, such as beets, sweet potatoes, parsnips, and onions, contain fructose, usually in combination with sucrose and glucose.
Fructose bisphosphatase Fructose bisphosphatase () is an enzyme in the liver, that converts fructose-1,6-bisphosphate to fructose-6-phosphate in gluconeogenesis (the making of glucose from smaller substrates). Fructose bisphosphatase does the opposite job as phosphofructokinase, and both these enzymes only work in one direction.
Fructose bisphosphatase deficiency In Fructose bisphosphatase deficiency, there is not enough fructose bisphosphatase for gluconeogenesis to occur correctly. Glycolysis (the break-down of glucose) will still work, as it does not use this enzyme.
Fructose malabsorption Fructose malabsorption or Dietary Fructose Intolerance is a dietary disability of the small intestine in which the fructose carrier in enterocytes is deficient. Medical tests are similar as in lactose intolerance, requiring a hydrogen breath test for a clinical diagnosis.
Fructuosus Saint Fructuosus of Tarragona ( San Fructuoso) (died 259) was a bishop and Christian saint and martyr, the outstanding name in the early history of Christianity in Hispania. He was bishop of Tarragona and was arrested during the persecutions of Christians under the Roman Emperor Valerian (reigned 253 - 260).
Fructus naturales In property law, fructus naturales are the natural fruits of the land on which they arise, such as agricultural produce and wild game. In many common law legal systems, fructus naturales are considered to be part of the real property, and not separate chattels in relation to any legal conveyance of the property.
Frugality Frugality (also known as thrift or thriftiness), often confused with cheapness or miserliness, is a traditional value, life style, or belief system, in which individuals practice both restraint in the acquiring of and resourceful use of economic goods and services in order to achieve lasting and more fulfilling goals. In a money-based economy, frugality emphasizes economical use of money in meeting long term personal, familial, and communal desires.
Frugging In market research, frugging is "fund-raising under the guise of research". This behavior occurs when a product marketer falsely pretends to be a market researcher conducting a statistical survey, when in reality they are simply trying to ask for a donation.
Frugivore A frugivore is an animal that feeds primarily or less commonly exclusively on fruit. This method of feeding can be more efficient than consuming the stem, roots, or other vegetative portions of a plant, due to higher concentrations of sugars, vitamins or proteins that many plants put into fruit.
Frucht Quark Frucht Quark, known in some European countries as "Dessert du Fromage Frais", is a fromage frais based yoghurt made by the Linessa brand, available through Lidl stores in Europe including the United Kingdom and Germany. It has 0.
Fruit & Veg City Fruit & Veg City is a fresh produce chain store based in South Africa. Founded in 1993 by Brian and Mike Coppin, it currently runs 60 stores throughout Southern Africa (South Africa, Botswana, Lesotho, Namibia) either directly or as franchises.
Fruit Growers Express Fruit Growers Express (FGE) was a railroad refrigerator car leasing company that began life as a produce-hauling subsidiary of Armour and Company's private refrigerator car line. In 1919 the Federal Trade Commission ordered the company's sale for anti-trust reasons.
Fruit Chan Fruit Chan (Chinese: 陳果) (born April 15, 1959 in Guangdong, China) is an independent Hong Kong film director, best known for his style of film reflecting the everyday life of Hong Kong Chinese. He is well known for using amateur actors (such as Sam Lee in Made in Hong Kong, Wong Yau-nam in Hollywood-Hong Kong) in his films.
Fruit machine The fruit machine is a jocular term for a device developed in Canada that was supposed to be able to identify homosexuals. The subjects were made to view pornography, and the device measured the pupils of the eyes, perspiration, and pulse for a supposed erotic response.
Fruit Market Fruit Market (果欄), also known as Yau Ma Tei Fruit Market (油麻地果欄), is a wholesale fruit market in Yau Ma Tei, Kowloon, Hong Kong. The market was founded in 1913 between Ferry Street, Waterloo Road and Reclamation Street with Shek Lung Street passing through it.
Fruit of Islam The Fruit of Islam (FOI) is the name given to the military wing of the Nation of Islam in North America. They are the security force of the Nation of Islam, a group of African American men who follow the teachings of Elijah Muhammad while protecting and serving the Nation, its ministers, and its events.
Fruit of the Loom Guys Fruit of the Loom Guys are essentially mascots for the underwear company Fruit of the Loom. These characters are men dressed as human-sized fruit: purple and green grapes, an apple, and a leaf whose color changes with the seasons.
Fruit of the poisonous tree Fruit of the poisonous tree is a legal term in the United States used to describe evidence gathered with the aid of information obtained illegally. The logic of the terminology is that if the source of the evidence (the "tree") is tainted, then anything gained from it (the "fruit") would be likewise.
Fruit palace Fruit palace is a partly derisive and partly humorous colloquial term used in parts of metropolitan Australia (particularly Sydney) to refer to a style of residential housing embraced largely by successful southern European migrants to that country in the latter decades of the 20th century.
Fruit tree A fruit tree is a tree bearing fruit — the structures formed by the ripened ovary of a flower containing one or more seeds. However, because all trees of flowering plants produce fruit (essentially all trees except tree ferns and gymnosperms), the term in horticultural usage applies to trees providing fruit as human food.
Fruit tree forms The shapes of most fruit trees can be manipulated by pruning and training in order to increase yield, or to improve their suitability for different situations and conditions. Pruning a tree to a pyramid shape means that trees can be planted closer together.
Fruit trees pruning Pruning fruit trees is a technique that is employed by gardeners in order to control growth, remove dead or diseased wood or stimulate the formation of flowers and fruit buds. The most economical pruning is done early in the season, when buds begin to break, and one can pinch off the soft tissue with one's fingers (hence the expression "nipped in the bud").
Fruit2o Fruit2o, manufactured by Kraft, is a lightly flavored, non-carbonated water beverage introduced in 1999. Fruit2o was introduced to compete not only with the bottled water market but also with the soft drink market.
Fruitafossor Fruitafossor windscheffeli is a newly-discovered termite-eating mammal which dates to the late Jurassic period, about 150 million years ago. The description is based on a surprisingly complete skeleton of a chipmunk-sized animal.
Fruitarianism Fruitarians (frugivoresor fructarians) eat in principle only the fruit] of [[plants.with other dietary practices, such as vegetarianism] and [[raw foodism, some people consider themselves fruitarians even if their diet is not 100% fruit.
Fruitbearing Society The Fruitbearing Society (Fruchtbringende Gesellschaft) was a German literary society founded in 1617 in Weimar by German scholars and nobility to emulate the idea of the Accademia della Crusca in Florence and similar groups already thriving in Italy, to be followed in later years also in France (1635) and Britain. Its main purpose was to standardize German as a vernacular language and see to its propagation as both a scholarly and literary language.
Fruitcake Fruitcake is a cake made of dried fruits and optionally candied fruit, spices and nuts that may be soaked in brandy or rum, the richest versions (possibly iced) often being used in the celebration of weddings and Christmas.
Fruitlands (transcendental center) Fruitlands was a utopian home established in Harvard, Massachusetts by Amos Bronson Alcott and Charles Lane in the 1840s, based on transcendentalist principles. An account of its less-than-successful activities can be found in Mr.
Fruitlands Museum Fruitlands Museum is in Harvard, Massachusetts on the site of the failed Fruitlands utopian community. In addition to the community building, it includes a transplanted Shaker house, Native American artifacts and Hudson River School paintings.
Fruitless (gene) The fruitless gene is a Drosophila gene that has been shown to be important in male and female sexual behavior. In particular, mutation of fru in the male can generate courtship behavior towards other males, rather than females, as would be seen in wildtype flies.
Fruitopia Fruitopia is a fruit flavoured, non-carbonated drink introduced by The Coca-Cola Company in 1994 and targeted at teens and young adults. According to New York Times business reports, it was invented as part of a push by Coca-Cola to capitalize on the success of Snapple and other flavored tea drinks.
Fruity Frank Fruity Frank was a 1984 computer game for the Amstrad home computer. Produced by Kuma Software and authored by Steve Wallis, in gameplay it was very similar to Dig Dug, though the story involved Frank protecting a garden from invading monsters.
Fruko y sus Tesos Fruko y sus Tesos is a salsa group from Colombia which enjoys immsense popularity throughout the Latin American world. It was formed in 1970 by Ernesto Fruko Estrada who modeled it after the New York salsa sound of the Fania All-Stars, one of the leading salsa groups at the time.
Fruška Gora Fruška Gora (Serbian: Фрушка Гора or Fruška Gora, Croatian: Fruška Gora, Hungarian: Tarczal, Latin: Alma Mons) is a mountain in the north of Syrmia, Serbia, sometimes also called the Jewel of Vojvodina for its beautiful landscapes, nature and countryside. A smaller part of the mountain, in the west, is located in Croatia.
Frum Frum (; [frum | frim]), from the German fromm, meaning pious, is a Yiddish word meaning observant of the mitzvot, or Jewish commandments, specifically of Orthodox Judaism. Sociologically, frum generally means observing three major mitzvot: Shabbat (the Sabbath), kashrut (the dietary laws), and niddah (the sexual laws), although there is no concrete definition for this word.
Fruma Goldman Fruma "Carlotta" Goldman (born 10 June, 1935) is a former attorney and judge who was revealed to be involved in criminal enterprises. She was born in Port Elizabeth, South Africa to billionaire mining magnate Rabbi Yechezkel Goldman, member of one of South Africa's "then" richest colonial-era Jewish families.
Frumentarii The frumentarii were the secret service of the Roman Empire. It had been long-standing policy of the Roman legions and armies of occupation to utilize informers and spies, but never in an organized fashion, even in the city of Rome, with its whispers and endless conspiracies.
Frumuşeni Mosaics The Frumuşeni Mosaics are a set of millennium-old Byzantine mosaics discovered in Romania at "Fântâna Turcului" (Turk's Well), close to the locality of Frumuşeni, on the left bank of Mureş River, near the city of Arad. The area of the discovery corresponds with the former Bizere Monastery of the 11th-16th centuries (see Details).
Frustration of purpose Frustration of purpose is a term used in the law of contract to describe a defense to an action for non-performance based on the occurrence of an unforeseen event which makes performance impossible, illegal or vastly different from what was originally intended. A common situation is that the subject matter of the contract - a house or a car for example - is unintentionally destroyed.
Frustration Plantation Frustration Plantation, the fourth studio album recorded by cello-dominated rock group Rasputina, was released by Instinct Records on March 16, 2004. While not exactly a concept album, Frustration Plantation does have many songs darkly relating to women's lives in the Old South.
Frustum A frustum is the portion of a solid – normally a cone or pyramid – which lies between two parallel planes cutting the solid. Degenerate cases are obtained for finite solids by cutting with a single plane only.
Frutal Frutal is a city and a microregion (see Frutal (microregion)) in the western part of the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil. It has approximately 49,204 inhabitants and the area is 2,436 km² The elevation is 566 m.
Fruttuaria Fruttuaria is an abbey in the territory of San Benigno Canavese, about twenty km north of Turin, founded by Guglielmo da Volpiano. The first stone was laid 23 February 1003, consecrated by the bishop of Ivrea, Ottobiano, in the presence of Arduin, marchese d'Ivrea and King of Italy, and his consort Berta.
Fruupp Fruup were an early 1970s progressive rock band, which originated in Ireland, but developed a fan base in the UK. They released several albums, including Future Legends (1973), Seven Secrets (1974), The Prince of Heaven's Eyes (1974), and Modern Masquerades (1975), were relatively popular, particularly on the student scene, and as a support group (they supported Queen (rock band) on their UK tour in 1974) but never quite made into it the big time.
Fry an Spyrys Fry an Spyrys (Cornish for "Free the Spirit") is a group based in Cornwall, UK who are campaigning for the disestablishment of the Church of England there. It claims that there is a growing threat of merger between the Truro and Exeter dioceses and is campaigning against what it describes as the remorseless drive towards greater centralisation in the Church resulting in less and less local accountability, authority and focus.
Fry and Laurie Stephen Fry and Hugh Laurie are a successful English comedy double act of the 1980s, 1990s, and 2000s. Having met in 1980 (whilst both attended the University of Cambridge), Fry and Laurie have since collaborated on numerous projects together.
Fry Street Fair Fry Street Fair is a mostly annual event held by the University of North Texas' Delta Lodge in the historic Fry Street district in Denton, TX. It is typically the biggest of event of the year with dozens of bands performing.
Fry's Electronics Fry's Electronics is a specialty retailer of software, consumer electronics, and computer superstores headquartered in Silicon Valley. Starting with one store located in Sunnyvale, California, USA, the chain now boasts over 30 stores located in several Western states, two near Atlanta, Georgia, two in Arizona, and one each in Illinois, Indiana, and Washington.
Fry's Electronics Open The Fry's Electronics Open is a new PGA Tour golf tournament which will be played for the first time on October 15, 2007 - October 21, 2007. It will be staged at Grayhawk Golf Club's Raptor Course in Scottsdale, Arizona and will have a US$5 million prize fund.
Frya Frya is the goddess who, according to the Oera Linda Book, gave her name to the Frisians. Daughter of Wr-alda the All-Father and Irtha the Earth-Mother, she and her sisters Lyda and Finda were said to have been the virgin ancestors of the entire human race.
Fryderyk de Melfort Fryderyk de Melfort (1763 - 1797) was a notable Polish military officer and a freedom fighter. A soldier of the Royal Foot Guards Regiment, he took part in the Warsaw Uprising (1794), for which on May 21 of that year he was promoted to the rank of Major.
Fryderyk Józef Moszyński Fryderyk Józef Moszyński (1738-1817) of Nałęcz Coat of Arms was a noble (szlachcic) in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. He held the offices of Referendary of Lithuania, Great Secretary of Lithuania and Great Marshal of the Crown.
Fryderyk Scherfke Fryderyk Egon "Fryc" Scherfke, was an interwar Polish soccer midfield player. He was born on September 7, 1909 in Posen, Germany (now Poznań, in a German family, and died on September 15, 1983 in Berlin.
Frye's Inn Frye's Inn is the town of Capon Bridge, West Virginia's oldest standing structure within its town limits. Frye's Inn was built between 1800 and 1818 by Eli Beall and originally served as a tavern and a stagecoach stop.
Frying pans Frying pans are ceramic objects of unknown purpose from the archaeological strata called Early Cycladic II in the Aegean Islands and the Early Helladic I and II elsewhere in the Aegean. There has been much speculation over the mysterious purpose of what are likely prestige goods.
Frying Pan Shoals The Frying Pan Shoals are a long, shifting area of shoals off the coast of Cape Fear in North Carolina, United States. The shoals have been a hazard to ships in the area since the beginning of European exploration of the area; the area is littered with shipwrecks.
Frylock Frylock (voiced by Carey Means) is a red box of french fries sporting a goatee, dental braces, and a blue mystic jewel embedded in his back. The jewel is said to be the Amulet of Idahockalise in the Space Ghost episode "Baffler Meal.
Frysk Hynder Frysk Hynder Single Malt is a Dutch single malt whisky, distilled and botteled in the Frisian Us Heit Distillery. Frysk Hynder is the first single malt ever produced in The Netherlands, and started off as a hobbyproject in the Us Heit beerbrewery.
Fryske Akademy The Fryske Akademy, founded in 1938, is the scientific center for research and education concerning Friesland and its people, language and culture, this in the broadest sense of those words. The institution is based in the Coulonhûs in Leeuwarden.
Frysztak Frysztak (), a town in the gmina Frysztak, Strzyżów county (see also Strzyżów), Galicia, Subcarpathia, Poland, 17 km from Krosno, with 950 total inhabitants. It is the site of the county court, a notary’s office, a military police post, post office, deanery office covering 6 parishes, and a parish office.
Fryxell (crater) Fryxell is a small lunar crater that lies amidst the western inner ring of the Montes Rook. This crater is located on the Moon's far side, at the extreme edge of the region of the surface sometimes brought into view of the Earth due to libration.
FR layout In automobile design, an FR, or front-engine, rear wheel drive means a layout where the engine is in the front of the vehicle and drive wheels at the rear. This was the traditional automobile layout for most of the 20th century.
FRAD FRAD (Frame Relay Access Device or Frame Relay Assembler/Disassembler) is a device that turns data packets into Frame Relay frames that can be sent over Frame Relay network and turns the received Frame Relay frames into data packets. Its assembly/disassembly functionality is similar to a PAD or Packet Assembler/Disassembler, which is used for accessing X.
FREDFET A FREDFET (sometimes, FredFET) is a Fast-Reverse Epitaxial Diode Field-Effect Transistor or Fast-Recovery.... This specialised field effect transistor is designed to provide a very fast recovery (turn-off) of the body diode, making it convenient for driving inductive loads such as electric motors, especially medium-powered brushless DC motors.
FREECOG FREECOG, or Free the Children of God, originally named The Parents' Committee to Free Our Children from the Children of God, was an anti-cult group which was founded in 1971. It was the first organized anti-cult group, formed in large part in response to the total commitment required by the Children of God.
FRH FRH is an abbreviation for "flameless ration heater," a water-activated exothermic chemical heater included with Meals, Ready-to-Eat (MREs), used to heat the food. US military specifications for the heater require that it be capable of raising the temperature of an eight-ounce entree by 100°F in twelve minutes, and that it display no visible flame.

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