"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 Categories (topical): Baseball
    Sense id: en-DFA-en-adj-0MSkN-~8 Topics: ball-games, baseball, games, hobbies, lifestyle, sports

Proper name

Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} DFA
  1. (Philippines) Initialism of Department of Finance. Tags: Philippines, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: Department of Finance Categories (topical): Academic degrees, Roads
    Sense id: en-DFA-en-name-qEWE6ZMq Disambiguation of Academic degrees: 6 61 21 11 0 2 Disambiguation of Roads: 5 77 7 2 1 8 Categories (other): Philippine English, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 9 44 33 8 0 5 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 7 49 30 8 1 4 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 6 53 30 8 0 3 Related terms: DA, DBM, DepEd, DOE, DENR, DOF, DOH, DHSUD, DICT, DILG, DOJ, DOLE, DMW, DND, DPWH, DOST, DOT, DTI, DOTr Related terms (executive departments of the Philippines): DAR

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 Categories (topical): Theory of computing
  2. (education) Initialism of doctor of fine arts. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: doctor of fine arts Categories (topical): Education
    Sense id: en-DFA-en-noun-FfKBUZc7 Topics: education
  3. Initialism of design for assembly. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: design for assembly
    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 Categories (topical): Machine learning
    Sense id: en-DFA-en-noun-fo0AZtxl

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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