"GFC" meaning in English

See GFC in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

Forms: the GFC [canonical]
Head templates: {{en-proper noun|def=1}} the GFC
  1. Initialism of Global Financial Crisis. Wikidata QID: Q896666 Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: Global Financial Crisis
    Sense id: en-GFC-en-name-en:Q896666

Noun

Forms: GFCs [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} GFC (countable and uncountable, plural GFCs)
  1. Initialism of gel filtration chromatography. Wikidata QID: Q107050290 Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Alternative form of: gel filtration chromatography Hypernyms: size-exclusion chromatography, chromatography Coordinate_terms: GPC
    Sense id: en-GFC-en-noun-en:Q107050290 Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 2 27 38 33 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 2 28 36 34
  2. Initialism of ground fault circuit-breaker. Wikidata QID: Q337716 Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Alternative form of: ground fault circuit-breaker Synonyms: GFCI Hypernyms: circuit breaker, device
    Sense id: en-GFC-en-noun-en:Q337716 Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 2 27 38 33 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 2 28 36 34
  3. (networking) Initialism of generic flow control. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Alternative form of: generic flow control Hypernyms: flow control, control
    Sense id: en-GFC-en-noun-en:generic_flow_control Categories (other): Networking, English entries with incorrect language header, English words spelled without vowels, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 5 20 31 44 Disambiguation of English words spelled without vowels: 10 18 24 48 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 2 27 38 33 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 2 28 36 34 Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, networking, physical-sciences, sciences

Inflected forms

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