Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
The abbreviation cf. (short for either Latin confer or conferatur, both meaning 'compare') [1] is used in writing to refer the reader to other material to make a comparison with the topic being discussed. Style guides recommend that "cf." be used only to suggest a comparison, and the words "see" or "vide" be used generally to point to a source ...
FCA Controlled Functions. The Controlled Functions of the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) are simplifying code names given to various functions within the financial services and relating to the carrying on of regulated activities by a firm. These are specified, under section 59 of the Financial Services and Markets Act [1] which still stands ...
List of file signatures. This is a list of file signatures, data used to identify or verify the content of a file. Such signatures are also known as magic numbers or Magic Bytes. Many file formats are not intended to be read as text. If such a file is accidentally viewed as a text file, its contents will be unintelligible.
Igen — Uhu Linux 2.0. IIb — Apple IIc (book-sized) IIp — Apple IIc (portable) Ikki — Apple Macintosh II. Indigo — Microsoft .NET communication technologies. Indium — Lunar Linux 1.5.0. Infinite Improbability Drive — TransGaming WineX 3.3. Instatower — Apple Macintosh Performa 6400. Interface Manager — Windows 1.0.
Other code words. Cainhannoch: New York (cf. Enoch son of Cain) Lane-shine-house: printing office. Ozondah: mercantile store. Shinehah: Kirtland, Ohio (a word for the sun used in the Book of Abraham see also -hah) Shinelah: print. Shinelane: printing.
Secret Service code name. President John F. Kennedy, codename "Lancer" with First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy, codename "Lace". The United States Secret Service uses code names for U.S. presidents, first ladies, and other prominent persons and locations. [1] The use of such names was originally for security purposes and dates to a time when ...
ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 codes are two-letter country codes defined in ISO 3166-1, part of the ISO 3166 standard [1] published by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO), to represent countries, dependent territories, and special areas of geographical interest. They are the most widely used of the country codes published by ISO (the ...
ISO 3166-2:CF is the entry for the Central African Republic in ISO 3166-2, part of the ISO 3166 standard published by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO), which defines codes for the names of the principal subdivisions (e.g., provinces or states) of all countries coded in ISO 3166-1 .