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ASF can stand for:
In computing:
- Advanced Systems Format (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 ASF+SDF Meta Environment.
- Alert Standard Format, a protocol for remote management and control of systems in OS-absent environments [1].
- Apache Software Foundation, the umbrella non-profit organization that technically 'owns' the Apache brandname, and protects and promotes its projects.
In transportation:
- Ashfield railway station (National Rail designation: ASF), a station near Glasgow in Scotland.
In international relations:
- The American-Scandinavian Foundation, a non-profit organization that sponsors cultural exchange between the United States and Scandinavia.
- African Standby Force, 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 Festival, a large drama festival.
- Alien Sex Fiend, a UK rock band.
ASF can also refer to:
- Acid Survivors Foundation, 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 Federation, 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 Frontières, 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.
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