"DFA" meaning in English

See DFA in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} DFA (not comparable)
  1. (baseball) Initialism of designated for assignment. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, not-comparable Alternative form of: designated for assignment
    Sense id: en-DFA-en-adj-0MSkN-~8 Categories (other): Baseball, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 11 38 35 8 3 4 Topics: ball-games, baseball, games, hobbies, lifestyle, sports

Proper name

Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} DFA
  1. (Philippines) Initialism of Department of Foreign Affairs. Tags: Philippines, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: Department of Foreign Affairs
    Sense id: en-DFA-en-name-TmmbKyAM Categories (other): Philippine English, English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Academic degrees Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 11 38 35 8 3 4 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 11 47 29 8 1 3 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 7 48 32 9 0 3 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 8 51 30 8 1 2 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 17 49 20 5 4 4 Disambiguation of Academic degrees: 7 50 20 12 6 4

Noun

Forms: DFAs [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} DFA (plural DFAs)
  1. (computing theory) Initialism of deterministic finite-state automaton. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: deterministic finite-state automaton Translations (initialism of deterministic finite-state automaton): КДА (KDA) [masculine] (Bulgarian)
    Sense id: en-DFA-en-noun-4aT9PhBI Categories (other): Theory of computing, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 11 38 35 8 3 4 Topics: computing, computing-theory, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences Disambiguation of 'initialism of deterministic finite-state automaton': 84 5 5 5
  2. (education) Initialism of doctor of fine arts. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: doctor of fine arts
    Sense id: en-DFA-en-noun-FfKBUZc7 Categories (other): Education Topics: education
  3. Initialism of design for assembly. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: design for assembly Coordinate_terms: DFM, DFMA
    Sense id: en-DFA-en-noun-vbw1wKjP
  4. (machine learning) Initialism of direct feedback alignment. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: direct feedback alignment
    Sense id: en-DFA-en-noun-fo0AZtxl Categories (other): Machine learning

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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