ASF
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in health:
ASF can also refer to:
- Advanced Systems FormatAdvanced Systems FormatAdvanced Systems Format is Microsoft's proprietary digital audio/digital video container format, especially meant for streaming media...
(formerly "Advanced Streaming Format",.asf), a Microsoft streaming format associated with Windows Media Player. - as file-extension for APL data files: the standard way for APL programs to store data on disk: filename.asf
- Algebraic Specification Formalism and the corresponding file extension. Used in the SF+SDF Met
- Alert Standard FormatAlert Standard FormatAlert Standard Format is a DMTF standard for remote monitoring, management and control of computer systems in both OS-present and OS-absent environments...
, a protocol for remote management and control of systems in OS-absent environments http://www.dmtf.org/standards/asf/. - Apache Software FoundationApache Software FoundationThe Apache Software Foundation is a non-profit corporation to support Apache software projects, including the Apache HTTP Server. The ASF was formed from the Apache Group and incorporated in Delaware, U.S., in June 1999.The Apache Software Foundation is a decentralized community of developers...
, the umbrella non-profit organization that technically 'owns' the Apache brandname, and protects and promotes its projects. - Alternating Sequential Filter, an image processingImage processingIn electrical engineering and computer science, image processing is any form of signal processing for which the input is an image, such as a photograph or video frame; the output of image processing may be either an image or, a set of characteristics or parameters related to the image...
morphologicalMathematical morphologyMathematical morphology is a theory and technique for the analysis and processing of geometrical structures, based on set theory, lattice theory, topology, and random functions...
method for smoothingSmoothingIn statistics and image processing, to smooth a data set is to create an approximating function that attempts to capture important patterns in the data, while leaving out noise or other fine-scale structures/rapid phenomena. Many different algorithms are used in smoothing...
objects in binary imageBinary imageA binary image is a digital image that has only two possible values for each pixel. Typically the two colors used for a binary image are black and white though any two colors can be used. The color used for the object in the image is the foreground color while the rest of the image is the...
s, by using a sequence of openingOpening (morphology)In mathematical morphology, opening is the dilation of the erosion of a set A by a structuring element B:A\circ B = \oplus B, \, where \ominus and \oplus denote erosion and dilation, respectively....
and closingClosing (morphology)In mathematical morphology, the closing of a set A by a structuring element B is the erosion of the dilation of that set,A\bullet B = \ominus B, \, where \oplus and \ominus denote the dilation and erosion, respectively....
operations.
In transportation:
- Ashfield railway stationAshfield railway stationAshfield railway station is a railway station serving the Ashfield area of Glasgow, Scotland. It is located on the Maryhill Line 4 km north of Glasgow Queen Street, a short distance west of Cowlairs North Junction. It has two side platforms...
(National Rail designation: ASF), a station near Glasgow in Scotland. - Narimanovo AirportNarimanovo AirportNarimanovo Airport is an international airport in Astrakhan, a city in southern Russia near the Caspian Sea. It is operated by JSC "Aeroport Astrakhan".-Airlines and destinations:...
IATA cjklode, an airport serving AstrakhanAstrakhanAstrakhan is a major city in southern European Russia and the administrative center of Astrakhan Oblast. The city lies on the left bank of the Volga River, close to where it discharges into the Caspian Sea at an altitude of below the sea level. Population:...
in Southern RussiaSouthern Federal DistrictSouthern Federal District is one of the eight federal districts of Russia. Its territory lies mostly on the Pontic-Caspian steppe. Its population was 13,856,700 according to the 2010 Census, living on an area of...
In international relations:
- The American-Scandinavian FoundationThe American-Scandinavian FoundationThe American-Scandinavian Foundation, is an American non-profit foundation dedicated to promoting international understanding through educational and cultural exchange between the United States and Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden...
, a non-profit organization that sponsors cultural exchange between the United States and Scandinavia. - African Standby ForceAfrican Standby ForceThe African Standby Force is intended to be an international, continental African military force, with both a civilian and police component, under the direction of the African Union. It is to be deployed in times of crisis in Africa...
, an allied military force organized by the African Union, planned for the future.
In popular culture:
- Astounding Science Fiction, later Analog Science Fiction, a magazine that prints short stories from science fiction authors.
- Alabama Shakespeare FestivalAlabama Shakespeare FestivalThe Alabama Shakespeare Festival is the seventh largest Shakespeare festival in the world. Each year, it attracts more than 300,000 visitors from throughout the United States and more than 60 countries, to its home in Montgomery, Alabama....
, a large drama festival. - Alien Sex FiendAlien Sex FiendAlien Sex Fiend is a deathrock band from the UK, composed of the married couple Nik Fiend and Mrs. Fiend . Currently, the band is based in Cardiff, Wales.-History:...
, a UK rock band. - All Shall FallAll Shall Fall- Personnel :* Abbath Doom Occulta – guitar, vocals* Apollyon – bass* Horgh – drums* Demonaz Doom Occulta – lyrics* Are Mundal – "Unearthly Kingdom" introAdditional personnel* Immortal – production* Peter Tägtgren – production, mixing* Pytten – engineering...
in health:
- African swine fever virusAfrican swine fever virusAfrican swine fever virus is the causative agent of African swine fever . ASFV is a large, double-stranded DNA virus which replicates in the cytoplasm of infected cells, and is the only member of the Asfarviridae family. ASFV infects domestic pigs, warthogs and bushpigs, as well as soft ticks ,...
(ASFV) is the causative agent of African swine fever (ASF)
ASF can also refer to:
- Acid Survivors FoundationAcid Survivors FoundationThe Acid Survivors Foundation is a Bangladeshi organization dedicated to raising awareness and preventing acid attacks and providing survivors with medical and legal aid....
, a group in Bangladesh dedicated to preventing acid attacks and hardening cultural attitudes against them. - Alaska Satellite Facility, a data center (DAAC) of the NASA.
- alt.seduction.fast, a Usenet group focused on seduction techniques.
- Australian Softball FederationAustralian Softball FederationAustralia's softball history began in 1939 when Gordon Young, Director of Physical Education in NSW, began to promote the game in schools and colleges. In 1942, during World War II, US army sergeant William Duvernet organised softball as a recreation for US nurses stationed in Victoria. Another...
, the governing body for softball in Australia. - The American School Foundation, A.C., an international preparatory school in Mexico City.
- Acrylic silicone fluoropolymer, a car wax chemical
- Avocats Sans FrontièresAvocats Sans FrontièresAvocats Sans Frontières , also known as Advocaten Zonder Grenzen is an international non-governmental organization contributing to the creation of fair and equitable societies, in which the law and its institutions serve the most vulnerable groups and individuals...
, an international non-governmental organization contributing to the creation of fair and equitable societies, in which the law and its institutions serve the most vulnerable groups and individuals. - American Securitization Forum, a group representing the United States mortgage securitization industry.
- The Swiss Football AssociationSwiss Football AssociationThe Swiss Football Association is the governing body of football in Switzerland. It organizes the football league, the Swiss Football League, and the Switzerland national football team. It is based in Bern....
, in French (Association Suisse de Football) and Italian (Associazione Svizzera di Football).