"BFS" meaning in English

See BFS in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

Head templates: {{en-prop}} BFS
  1. Initialism of Bureau of the Fiscal Service. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: Bureau of the Fiscal Service
    Sense id: en-BFS-en-name-xN8h1C4d

Noun

Head templates: {{en-noun|?}} BFS
  1. (graph theory) Initialism of breadth-first search. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: breadth-first search
    Sense id: en-BFS-en-noun--vVmlomC Categories (other): Graph theory, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 29 71 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 16 84 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 29 71 Topics: graph-theory, mathematics, sciences
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