ACF or acf may refer to:

Organizations

Asia

Adivasi Cobra Force The Adivasi Cobra Force (Abbreviation, abbreviated ACF), also known as the Adivasi Cobra Militant Force (abbreviated ACMF), was a militant insurgent group in Lower Assam, India, with the claimed objective of protecting the Adivasi people throu ...

, extremist Santal organisation in Assam * Arab Chess Federation * Asian Chess Federation

Australia

Australian Cat Federation The Australian Cat Federation (ACF) is an Australian organisation created in 1972. Its goal is to better the breeding of cats, to recognise new breeds, and to keep standards and rules regarding competitions. History The association was creat ...

, a standards organization for cat breeds *

Australian Chess Federation The Australian Chess Federation (ACF) is dedicated to promoting the game of chess in Australia, and is a member of FIDE, the World Chess Federation. The ACF administers its own chess rating system for tournaments in Australia, and runs the AC ...

, the governing body for chess in Australia *

Australian Conservation Foundation The Australian Conservation Foundation (ACF) is Australia's national environmental organisation, launched in 1965 in response to a proposal by the World Wide Fund for Nature for a more co-ordinated approach to sustainability. One high-profi ...

, an Australian non-profit promoting ecological sustainability

Europe

Action contre la Faim Action Against Hunger () is a global humanitarian organization which originated in France and is committed to ending world hunger. The organization helps malnourished children and provides communities with access to safe water and sustainable s ...

or Action Against Hunger, global humanitarian organization *

ACF Fiorentina ACF Fiorentina, commonly referred to as Fiorentina (), is an Italian professional Association football, football List of football clubs in Italy, club based in Florence, Tuscany. The original team was founded by a merger in August 1926, while ...

, Associazione Calcio Fiorentina, Italian football club *

Army Cadet Force The Army Cadet Force (ACF), generally shortened to Army Cadets, is a national Youth organisations in the United Kingdom, youth organisation sponsored by the United Kingdom's Ministry of Defence (United Kingdom), Ministry of Defence and the Bri ...

, British youth organisation that offers progressive military training to boys and girls aged 12 to 18 * Ateliers et Chantiers de France, defunct French shipyard * Automobile Club of France, men's club located on Place de la Concorde in Paris

North America

Academic Competition Federation The Academic Competition Federation (ACF) is an organization, founded as the Academic Competition Foundation in 1991, that runs a national championship for collegiate quiz bowl as well as other tournaments. History During the mid-1980s, several s ...

, an unincorporated non-profit organization that runs collegiate quizbowl tournaments *

Administration for Children and Families The Administration for Children and Families (ACF) is a division of the United States Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). It is headed by the assistant secretary of health and human services for children and families. It has a $49 bill ...

, the operating unit of the US Department of Health and Human Services *

American Car and Foundry Company ACF Industries, originally the American Car and Foundry Company (abbreviated as ACF), is an American manufacturer of railroad railroad car, rolling stock. One of its subsidiaries was once (1925–54) a manufacturer of Motor bus, motor coaches ...

, a manufacturer of railroad rolling stock since 1899, now known as ACF Industries * American Checker Federation, a non-profit governing the game of American checkers in the US *

American Culinary Federation The American Culinary Federation (ACF) is a professional chef's organization established in 1929 in New York City. It was formed as a merge of three chefs' associations in New York City, the Société Culinaire Philanthropique, the Vatel Club and ...

, a professional chefs' organization established in 1929

Others

Active Citizen Force The South African Army is the principal land warfare force of South Africa, a part of the South African National Defence Force (SANDF), along with the South African Air Force, South African Navy and South African Military Health Service ...

, temporary conscripts and volunteers in the South African Army *

Anti-Corruption Foundation The Anti-Corruption Foundation (ACF or FBK; ; ) is a non-profit organization established in 2011 by the Russian opposition figure Alexei Navalny. The FBK published investigations into alleged corruption by high-ranking Russian government official ...

, an international NGO founded by Russian opposition figure Alexei Navalny *

Associação Chapecoense de Futebol Associação Chapecoense de Futebol, commonly known as Chapecoense, is a Brazilian Association football, football club, based in the city of Chapecó in the state of Santa Catarina (state), Santa Catarina. The club was founded in 1973 with the ...

, a Brazilian football club

Science and technology

Electronics and computing

Access Control Facility ACF2 (Access Control Facility 2) is a commercial, discretionary access control software security system developed for the MVS (z/OS today), VSE (z/VSE today) and VM (z/VM today) IBM mainframe operating systems by SKK, Inc. Barry Schrager, Eberha ...

, a prototype of the ACF2 third-party security software for IBM OS/VS *

Anisotropic conductive film Anisotropic conductive film (ACF) is an adhesive interconnect system that is commonly used in panel display manufacturing, including liquid crystal displays (LCDs) and organic light-emitting diode (OLED) technology. In display manufacturing, ACF ...

, a conductive adhesive system used in the electronics industry

Medicine

ACF (gene) APOBEC1 complementation factor is a protein that in humans is encoded by the ''A1CF'' gene. Gene Alternative splicing occurs at this locus and three full-length transcript variants, encoding three distinct isoforms, have been described. Additi ...

, a human gene *

Aberrant crypt foci Aberrant crypt foci (ACF) are clusters of abnormal tube-like glands in the lining of the colon and rectum. Aberrant crypt foci form before colorectal polyps and are one of the earliest changes seen in the colon that may lead to cancer. ACF are, a ...

, a preneoplastic lesion on the mucosa of the colon or rectum *

Asymmetric crying facies Asymmetric crying facies (ACF), also called partial unilateral facial paresis and hypoplasia of depressor angula oris muscle, is a minor congenital anomaly caused by agenesis or hypoplasia of the depressor anguli oris muscle, one of the muscles th ...

, a minor congenital anomaly

Other sciences

* Meade Advanced Coma-Free telescope design

Other uses

ACF River Basin The Apalachicola–Chattahoochee–Flint River Basin (the ACF River Basin) is the drainage basin, or watershed, of the Apalachicola River, Chattahoochee River, and Flint River, in the Southeastern United States. This area is alternatively know ...

, Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint River Basin in the southeastern US *

Aircraft railway station Aircraft railway station is a commuter railway station on the Werribee line, which is part of the Melbourne railway network. It serves the western suburb of Laverton, in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. It opened on 7 March 1925, with the cur ...

, station code, Melbourne *

Saint Lucian Creole French Saint Lucian Creole (''Kwéyòl'' ) is a French-based creole language that is widely spoken in Saint Lucia. It is the vernacular language of the country and is spoken alongside the official language of English. ''Kwéyòl'' is a variety of An ...

(ISO 639:acf), a French-based creole language spoken in Saint Lucia and Dominica *

Aral Talim Airport Alaer Talimu Airport (Aral Talim/Tarim Airport) is an airport in Aral, Xinjiang, China. It is located in Tanan, 12 km south from Aral. The airport opened on June 16, 2022. Facilities Aral Talim Airport is a category 4C airport. It has ...

, IATA code ACF