"FFI" meaning in English

See FFI in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: FFIs [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} FFI (countable and uncountable, plural FFIs)
  1. (uncountable) Initialism of fatal familial insomnia. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable Alternative form of: fatal familial insomnia
    Sense id: en-FFI-en-noun-aMWhPVnV Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 78 22
  2. (countable, computing) Initialism of foreign function interface. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism Alternative form of: foreign function interface Categories (topical): Computing
    Sense id: en-FFI-en-noun-9ru2IjsB Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences

Inflected forms

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