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Fast
Fast or FAST may refer to: Arts and entertainment * "Fast" (Juice Wrld song), 2019 * "Fast" (Luke Bryan song), 2016 * "Fast" (Sueco song), 2019 * "Fast" (GloToven song), 2019 * ''Fast'', an album by Custom, 2002 * ''Fast'', a 2010 short film starring Charlyne Yi * " Fast (Motion)", 2021 song by Saweetie * ''Fast & Furious'', an action franchise Computing and software * FAST protocol, an adaptation of the FIX protocol, optimized for streaming * FAST TCP, a TCP congestion avoidance algorithm * Facilitated Application Specification Techniques, a team-oriented approach for requirement gathering * Fatigue Avoidance Scheduling Tool, software to develop work schedules * Features from accelerated segment test, computer vision method for corner detection * Feedback arc set in Tournaments, a computational problem in graph theory Government * Faʻatuatua i le Atua Samoa ua Tasi, a political party in Samoa * Fixing America's Surface Transportation Act, passed by the United ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fast & Furious
''Fast & Furious'', also known as ''The Fast and the Furious'', is an American Action film, action media franchise centered on a series of films revolving around street racing, heist film, heists, and spy film, spies. The franchise also includes short films, a television series, toys, video games, live shows, and theme park attractions. The films are distributed by Universal Pictures. The The Fast and the Furious (2001 film), first film, based on the 1998 ''Vibe (magazine), Vibe'' magazine article "Racer X" by Ken Li and written by Gary Scott Thompson, Erik Bergquist, and David Ayer, was released in 2001. It began the original tetralogy of films focused on illegal street racing, which culminated in the film ''Fast & Furious (2009 film), Fast & Furious'' (2009). The series moved towards Heist film, heists and Spy film, espionage with ''Fast Five'' (2011), which was followed by five sequels in that genre, the most recent of which, ''Fast X'', was released on May 19, 2023. Unive ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
FAST Multimedia
Fast or FAST may refer to: Arts and entertainment * "Fast" (Juice Wrld song), 2019 * "Fast" (Luke Bryan song), 2016 * "Fast" (Sueco song), 2019 * "Fast" (GloToven song), 2019 * ''Fast'', an album by Custom, 2002 * ''Fast'', a 2010 short film starring Charlyne Yi * "Fast (Motion)", 2021 song by Saweetie * ''Fast & Furious'', an action franchise Computing and software * FAST protocol, an adaptation of the FIX protocol, optimized for streaming * FAST TCP, a TCP congestion avoidance algorithm * Facilitated Application Specification Techniques, a team-oriented approach for requirement gathering * Fatigue Avoidance Scheduling Tool, software to develop work schedules * Features from accelerated segment test, computer vision method for corner detection * Feedback arc set in Tournaments, a computational problem in graph theory Government * Faʻatuatua i le Atua Samoa ua Tasi, a political party in Samoa * Fixing America's Surface Transportation Act, passed by the United States ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fast Search & Transfer
Microsoft Development Center Norway (known as FAST (Fast Search & Transfer ASA) before 2010) is a Norway, Norwegian company, founded in 1997 and based in Oslo, with offices located in Germany, Italy, Sri Lanka, France, Japan, the United Kingdom, the United States, Brazil, Mexico and other countries around the world. FAST focused on search engine, data search technologies. On April 24, 2008, Microsoft acquired FAST, which is now known as Microsoft Development Center Norway. FAST offered an enterprise search product, FAST Enterprise Search Platform (ESP), FAST ESP. ESP is a service-oriented architecture development platform which is geared towards production of searchable indexes. It provided a framework for creating Extract, transform, load, ETL applications for indexing of searchable content. Fast also offered a number of search-derivative applications, focused on specific search use cases, including publishing, market intelligence and mobile search. The Search Derivative Applic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fast (Juice Wrld Song)
"Fast" is a song by American rapper Juice Wrld, released on March 8, 2019, as the fifth track from his second studio album '' Death Race for Love''. A music video for the song was released on April 9, 2019. The song was certified Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) is a trade organization that represents the music recording industry in the United States. Its members consist of record labels and distributors that the RIAA says "create, manufacture, and/o ... (RIAA) on October 29, 2021. Composition In "Fast", Juice Wrld delves into introspective themes, contemplating the trappings of fame. The artist also reflects on his meteoric success and the effects-both negative and positive- that it has had on him, while maintaining he is "still the same dude ewas back then". Music video The accompanying music video for "Fast" adopts a minimalist narrative approach, prioritizing the use of striking visual effec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fast (Sueco Song)
"Fast" (stylized in all lowercase) is a song by American rapper SuecoTheChild, first released in April 2019 via SoundCloud. It became his breakout hit through gaining traction on the video-sharing app TikTok, following which it was released on May 10, 2019, as the lead single from his second EP ''Miscreant'' (2019). Composition "Fast" is a trap song, containing a siren-like sound in the instrumental. Release and promotion SuecoTheChild uploaded the song to SoundCloud on April 1, 2019. After discovering TikTok's contribution to the popularity of many songs such as "Old Town Road" by Lil Nas X, Sueco made an account and posted a video set to the song. He then asked his friend Lukas Daly, a skateboarder and TikTok star, to share a video featuring the song. As a result of the video, the song immediately gained the attention of TikTok influencers and was soon used in over three million TikToks. Such videos particularly used the bass-heavy first 15 seconds of the song. The success of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christian Fast
Christian Fast (1762–1841) was born in Maryland, the youngest son of German immigrants, Johann Nicklaus Fast and Cadarina Dörner, who were from Göcklingen, Germany (Nicklaus) and Ilbesheim, Germany (Cadarina), although he spent much of his youth in Pennsylvania/Virginia. He joined the Virginia Militia in 1780, as a substitute for his brother Jacob, and helped man a local fort for a short while. In mid-1781 he joined the Pennsylvania Militia, soon becoming part of an expedition headed by General George Rogers Clark (the older brother of William Clark, of Lewis & Clark fame), under the direct command of Colonel Archibald Lochry. The purpose of the expedition was to capture Fort Detroit, while subduing some of the intervening Native American tribes who had sided with the British. Christian, however, along with many of his fellows, was very soon captured by the Delaware Indians in an engagement usually referred to as " Lochry's Defeat". Large numbers of the prisoners were kil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fast (Motion)
"Fast (Motion)" is a song recorded by American rapper Saweetie. The song was released on May 7, 2021, via Icy and Warner Records. It serves as the fourth single from Saweetie's debut studio album, '' Pretty Bitch Music''. Background and release The release of "Fast (Motion)" comes after a slew of songs, including Saweetie's own " Best Friend", which features Doja Cat. This was followed by the release of a remix for Gwen Stefani's " Slow Clap". Saweetie later released the extended play, ''Pretty Summer Playlist: Season 1''. "Fast (Motion)" was released on May 7, 2021, via Icy and Warner Records. It serves as the fourth single for her upcoming debut album, ''Pretty Bitch Music'' following "Tap In", " Back to the Streets" and "Best Friend". Composition "Fast (Motion)" is a "kinetic dance-rap track" which Tom Breihan of ''Stereogum'' called "rubbery" and "energetic". The song was produced by The Monarch and was inspired by Miami dance culture. Music video The music video for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexia Fast
Alexia Fast (born 12 September 1992) is a Canadian actress who began her career at the age of seven when she wrote, directed and starred in the short film ''The Red Bridge,'' which premiered at the 2002 Atlantic and Reel to Reel Film Festivals."Acting out the headlines: Alexia Fast of Blackbird" by Jonathan Forani at nationalpost.com She obtained her first agent at the age of 11 and starred in her first feature film, '' Fido'' (2006), at 13. Career At the age of seven, Alexia Fast wrote, directed and starred in a short film entitled ''The Red ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fast (Luke Bryan Song)
"Fast" is a song co-written and recorded by American country music artist Luke Bryan. It was released in November 2016 as the sixth and final single from his 2015 album '' Kill the Lights''. Content The song is about "contemplating the speed of life" and noting how events in life move "fast", especially as one ages. Bryan told ''Billboard'' that the song came about during a writing session with Luke Laird and Rodney Clawson. They were having little success with one song idea until Laird provided the word "fast", and the writers came up with the song's first two lines. The verses take place while the male narrator is a teenager and aspiring for things that are "fast", while the chorus shifts to the narrator's adulthood, where he observes that he is frustrated by his inability to "slow down the passage of time" as stated in the lyric "''60 seconds now feels more like 30''", a lyric provided by Bryan. The song's recording session includes drums from Greg Morrow overlaid by programmed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
FAST TCP
FAST TCP (also written FastTCP) is a TCP congestion avoidance algorithm especially targeted at long-distance, high latency links, developed at the Netlab, California Institute of Technology and now being commercialized by FastSoft. FastSoft was acquired by Akamai Technologies in 2012. FastTCP is compatible with existing TCP algorithms, requiring modification only to the computer which is sending data. Name The name FAST is a recursive acronym for FAST AQM Scalable TCP, where AQM stands for Active Queue Management, and TCP stands for Transmission Control Protocol. Principles of operation The role of congestion control is to moderate the rate at which data is transmitted, "congestion", according to the capacity of the network and the rate at which other users are transmitting. Like TCP Vegas, FAST TCP uses queueing delay instead of loss probability as a congestion signal. Most current congestion control algorithms detect congestion and slow down when they discover that pa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Herman Becker Fast
Herman Becker Fast (May 19, 1887 – December 20, 1938) was an American farmer, businessman, and politician. Fast was born in a Mennonite farming family in Mountain Lake, Minnesota, Mountain Lake, Cottonwood County, Minnesota. He lived with his wife and family in Butterfield, Minnesota, Butterfield, Watonwan County, Minnesota. Fast was a farmer and was involved with the creamery cooperative and the telephone business. He served as the justice of the peace for Butterfield, Minnesota and also served on the Butterfield School Board and was the school board clerk. Fast served in the Minnesota House of Representatives in 1931 and 1932 and in 1935 and 1936. References 1887 births 1938 deaths People from Mountain Lake, Minnesota People from Watonwan County, Minnesota Businesspeople from Minnesota Farmers from Minnesota School board members in Minnesota Members of the Minnesota House of Representatives American Mennonites 20th-century members of the Minnesota Legislature {{Min ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Custom (musician)
Duane Eric Lavold (June 15, 1967 – December 18, 2021), better known by his stage name Custom, was a Canadian-born, New York-based rock musician and filmmaker best known for his song “Hey Mister." Biography Lavold expressed his fandom for The White Stripes, Remy Zero, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club and Deftones' '' White Pony'' album. As a child, Lavold's favorite musicians were the Sex Pistols, Pink Floyd, The Cure and Prince. He was 6 feet 8 inches tall. Growing up in rural Canada, Lavold's interests as a youngster varied from skiing to playing cello and keyboard. He recorded his earliest songs on cassette. After high school, Lavold turned his focus to the international commerce program at Brown University. While at the school, he met aspiring singer-songwriter Duncan Sheik, who would become a collaborator several years later. Lavold began his career in filmmaking. He moved to Halifax and Vancouver to pursue the career. His favorite films were ''Scarface'', ''The Godfather ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |