Fermentation |
(Environmental Engineering) Energy production without the benefit of oxygen as a terminal electron acceptor, i.e. oxidation in which the net effect is one organic compound oxidizing another. See respiration. |
Fixed solids |
(Environmental Engineering) (FS) are the solids that do not volatilize at 550°C. |
Fixed suspended solids |
(Environmental Engineering) (FSS) is the matter remaining from the suspended solids analysis which will not burn at 550°C. It represents the non-filterable inorganic residue in a sample. |
Flocculant settling |
(Environmental Engineering) Settling in which particle concentrations are sufficiently high that particle agglomeration occurs. This results in a reduction in the number of particles and an increase in average particle mass. As agglomeration occurs higher settling velocities result. |
Fluidization |
(Environmental Engineering) The suspension of particles by sufficient upward velocity of the fluid. During fluidization the gravity force is overcome by a combination of buoyancy and fluid friction. |
Factoring - |
(Software Engineering) a technique that distributes control and work in a top-down manner within a software architecture (used a part of structured analysis) |
FAST - |
(Software Engineering) Facilitated application specification techniques, a structured meeting between developer and customer; intent is to define basic requirementsFormal methods - |
Formal technical reviews - |
(Software Engineering) a structured meeting conducted by software engineering with the intent of uncovering errors in some deliverable or work product |
Formulation - |
(Software Engineering) a Web engineering action that identifies business need, describes WebApp objectives, defines major features and functions, and establishes mechanisms for requirements gathering |
Function points - |
(Software Engineering) a measure of the utility delivered by an application |