FFS is a commonly used

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for ''"for

fuck ''Fuck'' () is profanity in the English language that often refers to the act of sexual intercourse, but is also commonly used as an intensifier or to convey disdain. While its origin is obscure, it is usually considered to be first attested ...

's sake"''. It is often said or typed as a form of

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by abbreviation. "FFS" may also refer to:

Computing

Feige–Fiat–Shamir identification scheme In cryptography, the Feige–Fiat–Shamir identification scheme is a type of parallel zero-knowledge proof developed by Uriel Feige, Amos Fiat, and Adi Shamir in 1988. Like all zero-knowledge proofs, it allows one party, the Prover, to prove t ...

, in cryptography *

Find first set In computer software and hardware, find first set (ffs) or find first one is a bit operation that, given an unsigned Word (computer architecture), machine word, designates the index or position of the least significant bit set to one in the word c ...

, a type of bit operation *

FreeFileSync FreeFileSync is a program used for file synchronization. It is available on Windows, Linux and macOS. The project is backed by donations. Donors get access to a Donation Edition that contains a few additional features such as an auto-updater, par ...

, a software package

File systems

Flash file system A flash file system is a file system designed for storing files on flash memory–based storage devices. While flash file systems are closely related to file systems in general, they are optimized for the nature and characteristics of flash m ...

* Formatted File System *

Amiga Fast File System The Amiga Fast File System (abbreviated AFFS, or more commonly historically as FFS) is a file system used on the Amiga personal computer from the computer-manufacturer Commodore Int'l.. The previous Amiga filesystem was never given a specific ...

Unix File System The Unix file system (UFS) is a family of file systems supported by many Unix and Unix-like operating systems. It is a distant descendant of the original filesystem used by Version 7 Unix. Design A UFS volume is composed of the followin ...

often called Fast File System

Music

FFS (band) FFS (an abbreviation of Franz Ferdinand and Sparks) was a Supergroup (music), supergroup formed by Scottish indie rock band Franz Ferdinand (band), Franz Ferdinand and American art rock band Sparks (band), Sparks. Their formation was announced o ...

, a rock supergroup of Franz Ferdinand and Sparks ** ''FFS'' (album), their debut album

Organizations

Political organizations

* For our Future’s Sake, a UK campaign group calling for a public vote (

People's Vote People's Vote was a United Kingdom campaign group that unsuccessfully campaigned for a second referendum following the UK's Brexit vote to leave the European Union (EU) in 2016. The group was launched in April 2018 at which four Members of ...

) on the final

Brexit Brexit (, a portmanteau of "Britain" and "Exit") was the Withdrawal from the European Union, withdrawal of the United Kingdom (UK) from the European Union (EU). Brexit officially took place at 23:00 GMT on 31 January 2020 (00:00 1 February ...

deal *

Social Forces Front The Social Forces Front (, FFS) is a Sankarist political party in Burkina Faso. FFS candidate Norbert Tiendrébéogo ran in the 13 November 2005 presidential election A presidential election is the election of any head of state whose offi ...

(French: '), a political party in Burkina Faso *

Socialist Forces Front The Socialist Forces Front (; ) is a social democratic and secularist political party, mainly supported by Berbers in Algeria. The FFS is a member of the Socialist International and the Progressive Alliance. It led an unsuccessful rebellion agai ...

(French: '), a political party in Algeria

Other organizations

* Frankford Friends School, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States *

French Federation of Speleology The French Federation of Speleology (, FFS), is a French organisation that represents all persons practicing or studying caving and canyoning and promotes the study and conservation of caves. It was formed in 1963 by the amalgamation of two organ ...

Swiss Federal Railways Swiss Federal Railways (, SBB; , CFF; , FFS) is the national railway company of Switzerland. The company was founded in 1902 and is headquartered in Bern. It used to be a State-owned enterprise, government institution, but since 1999 it has be ...

(Italian: ')

Places

* FFS Arena, in Lund, Sweden *

Frankfurt South station Frankfurt am Main () is the most populous city in the German state of Hesse. Its 773,068 inhabitants as of 2022 make it the fifth-most populous city in Germany. Located in the foreland of the Taunus on its namesake Main, it forms a continuo ...

, in Germany *

French Frigate Shoals The French Frigate Shoals (Hawaiian language, Hawaiian: Kānemilohai) is the largest atoll in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands, located about northwest of Honolulu, Hawaii, Honolulu. Its name commemorates France, French explorer Jean-Fran ...

, an island in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands

Science and technology

Facial feminization surgery Facial feminization surgery (FFS) is a set of reconstructive surgical procedures that alter typically male facial features to bring them closer in shape and size to typical female facial features. FFS can include various bony and soft tissue proc ...

* Free-fall sensor * Fringe field switching *

Full flight simulator Full flight simulator (FFS) is a term used by national (civil) aviation authorities (NAA) for a high technical level of flight simulator. Such authorities include the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) in the United States and the European Av ...

Other uses

* Farmer Field School, a community development process *

Fee-for-service Fee-for-service (FFS) is a payment model where services are unbundled and paid for separately. In health care, it gives an incentive for physicians to provide more treatments because payment is dependent on the quantity of care, rather than qualit ...

, a payment model *

For Film's Sake For Film's Sake (FFS), formerly World of Women’s Cinema (WOW) Film Festival and known as the WOW Film Festival, is a film festival showcasing films made by women that ran in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. It has been on hiatus since the ...

, Australian women's film festival *

Fully fashioned stockings Fully fashioned stockings (FFS), are stockings with characteristic reinforcements on the heel and top, a so-called keyhole at the back of the top, and a stitched back seam in between. They are made to be worn with a garter belt and are today consi ...

, stockings with reinforce toe and tops {{disambiguation