Definitions for "FIB"
Keywords:  lie, knave, quinker, e'er, bartle
A lie that has not cut its teeth. An habitual liar's nearest approach to truth: the perigee of his eccentric orbit. When David said: "All men are liars," Dave, Himself a liar, fibbed like any thief. Perhaps he thought to weaken disbelief By proof that even himself was not a slave To Truth; though I suspect the aged knave Had been of all her servitors the chief Had he but known a fig's reluctant leaf Is more than e'er she wore on land or wave. No, David served not Naked Truth when he Struck that sledge-hammer blow at all his race; Nor did he hit the nail upon the head: For reason shows that it could never be, And the facts contradict him to his face. Men are not liars all, for some are dead. Bartle Quinker
A falsehood; a lie; -- used euphemistically.
To tell a fib to.
short for Free Interbase Components. This is the work of Greg Deatz, the same person who created the FreeUDFLib (Delphi/Windows) and the FreeUDFLibC (C/Sun). FIB allows you to connect directly to IB without the BDE. It's the foundation for IBX and since IBX appeared, FIB is no longer in development.
See Forwarding Information Base.
Forwarding Information Base. The table containing the information necessary to forward IP Datagrams, in this document, is called the Forwarding Information Base. At minimum, this contains the interface identifier and next hop information for each reachable destination network prefix.
forward indicator bit. A bit in a signal unit which indicates the start of a retransmission cycle.
roblast growth factor-2: mitogen that stimulates proliferation of hippocampal progenitor cells.
Focussed Ion Beam
Field Ion Beam. A beam of ions replaces the beam of electrons on an electron microscope. DualBeamâ„¢ instruments may also have an ion beam column.
Focused Ion Beam
Fraud Intelligence Bureau. Located at APACS, it is the UK banking industry's rapid response group and leading centre for exchange of information and intelligence between police and banks. It gathers intelligence on plastic card fraud, particularly that relating to counterfeit, on behalf of APACS members and shares data, information; advice and tip-offs with the Police to combat organised crime.
Force Intelligence Bureau
Keywords:  sleepout, cement
fibro cement s’out sleepout
Future Increase Benefit. In disability insurance, an optional policy benefit that increases the monthly benefit to keep coverage in line with inflation. In the case of Norhtwestern Mutual, increases are based on changes in the Consumer Price Index, with a minimum increase of 4% on each policy anniversary, after issue, while the insured is not disabled.
Family Income Benefit. a term assurance policy that pays regular benefits on death to the end of the plan term.
Family Income Benefit. Term assurance which pays money to the life assured's dependants for a set period, rather than paying a lump sum.
Field installable boot, neoprene, special type of RM* or VM* connector
Keywords:  falsely, speak
To speak falsely.
First Investment Bank
Federal Investments Branch
Keywords:  break, commercial, appear, first
First In Break – the first commercial to appear in a commercial break