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FRS

 

abbr.
Federal Reserve System


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[obs.] Abbreviation for “Freely Redistributable Software” which entered general use on the Internet in 1995 after years of low-level confusion over what exactly to call software written to be passed around and shared (contending terms including freeware, shareware, and sourceware were never universally felt to be satisfactory for various subtle reasons). The first formal conference on freely redistributable software was held in Cambridge, Massachussetts, in February 1996 (sponsored by the Free Software Foundation). The conference organizers used the FRS abbreviation heavily in its calls for papers and other literature during 1995. The term was in steady though not common use until 1998 and the invention of open source, after which it became swiftly obsolete.


or F.R.S.
abbr.

Fellow of the Royal Society

 
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Meaning Category
Family Radio ServiceCommunity->Media
Community->Religion
Family Radio SystemCommunity->Media
Federal Reserve System Federal Relay ServiceGovernmental->US Government
Fellow of the Royal SocietyAcademic & Science->Academic Degrees
Field Replaceable UnitComputing->Hardware
Financial Records SystemBusiness->Accounting
Financial Reporting StandardBusiness->Accounting
Financial Reporting StandardsBusiness->Accounting
Flight Recovery SystemCommunity->Sports
Flores, GuatemalaRegional->Airport Codes
Frame Relay ServiceComputing->Telecom
Frequent Reports SentGovernmental->Military
Frischs Restaurants, Inc.Business->AMEX Symbols
Full Room StereoCommunity->Media
Fully Responsive SystemGovernmental->Military
Functional Requirements SpecificationGovernmental->Military
Functional Requirements StatementGovernmental->Military
Governmental->NASA
Screen Font Resource (WordPerfect for Win)Computing->File Extensions

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