CF meaning in Academic & Science ?

Answer:

What is Core Foundation mean?

Core Foundation (also called CF) is a C application programming interface (API) in macOS and iOS, and is a mix of low-level routines and wrapper functions. Most Core Foundation routines follow a certain naming convention that deal with opaque objects, for example CFDictionaryRef for functions whose names begin with CFDictionary, and these objects are often reference counted (manually) through CFRetain and CFRelease. Internally, Core Foundation forms the base of the types in the Objective-C standard library and the Carbon API.

The most prevalent use of Core Foundation is for passing its own primitive types for data, including raw bytes, Unicode strings, numbers, calendar dates, and UUIDs, as well as collections such as arrays, sets, and dictionaries, to numerous macOS C routines, primarily those that are GUI-related. At the operating system level Core Foundation also provides standardized application preferences management through CFPropertyList, bundle handling, run loops, interprocess communication through CFMachPort and CFNotificationCenter, and a basic graphical user interface message dialog through CFUserNotification.

Other parts of the API include utility routines and wrappers around existing APIs for ease of use. Utility routines perform such actions as file system and network I/O through CFReadStream, CFWriteStream, and CFURL and endianness translation (Byte Order Utilities). Some examples of wrapper routines include those for Core Foundation's wrapper routines for Unix sockets, the CFSocket API.

Some types in Core Foundation are "toll-free bridged", or interchangeable with a simple cast, with those of their Foundation Kit counterparts. For example, one could create a CFDictionaryRef Core Foundation type, and then later simply use a standard C cast to convert it to its Objective-C counterpart, NSDictionary *, and then use the desired Objective-C methods on that object as one normally would.

Core Foundation has a plug-in model (CFPlugin) that is based on the Microsoft Component Object Model.

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Common Factor	Academic & Science
Core Foundation	Academic & Science
correction factor (for LC data)	Academic & Science
Conversion Factor	Academic & Science
Clinical Fellowship	Academic & Science
Canopy Formation	Academic & Science
Compact Framework	Academic & Science
Combining Form	Academic & Science
Swedish Association of Graduate Engineers	Academic & Science
CivilingenjorsForbundet	Academic & Science
Credit concier	Academic & Science
Component Force	Academic & Science
Capacity Factor	Academic & Science
Compares (to)	Academic & Science
Curriculum Framework	Academic & Science
Credit Foncier	Academic & Science
Chartreuse Fluorescent	Academic & Science
Criticality Function	Academic & Science
Corporate Financier	Accounts and Finance
Cash Flow	Accounts and Finance
Ceska Financni	Business
Crude Fiber	Business
Carlson and Fredricksen coffee shop	Business
Clean Fuel	Business
City Financial	Business
Canaccord Financial, Inc.	Business
Crown Financial	Business
Carbon Fiber	Business
Construction Foreman	Business
Condom Factory	Business
Central Files	Business
Capita Financial	Business
Customs Form	Business
Charter One Financial, Incorporated	Business
Comptabilité Financière	Business
Cold Forged	Business
Compact Fluorescent	Business
Californium	Chemistry
Chemical Fixation	Chemistry
Ceramic Fiber	Chemistry
Collection Frequency	Chemistry
Consent Form	Community
Commercial Film	Community
Chosin Few	Community
City Folk	Community
Community Facilitator	Community
Community and Foundation	Community
Christy Fest	Community
Concern Foundation	Community
Call Forwarding	Computer and Networking
Center Frequencies	Computer and Networking
Communication Functions	Computer and Networking
Carry Flag	Computer Assembly Language
Computation Flag	Computer Assembly Language
Conflict Free	Computer Hardware
Command Freak	Computing
Configuration File	Computing
Cell Face	Computing
Carry Forward	Computing
Control Function	Computing
Central African Republic	Country Names
Comma Format	Database Management
Cape Fear	Earth Science
Conceptual Framework	Educational Degree
Characteristic Frequency	Electronics
Center Frequency	Electronics
Carrier Frequency	Electronics
Conductivity Factor	Electronics
Imake Configuration File	File Type
Clone Fiction	General
Collision Free	General
Cupped Face	General
Compares Favorably	General
Camp Fianna	General
Character First	General
Cold Fire	General
Crystal Fighter	General
Controlled Forze	General
Clear Flash	General
Cold Finish	General
Compact Flash (memory card)	General
Chyang Fun	General
Courtleigh Fleming	General
Conseil F	General
C Fest	General
CatFish	General
Coordination Function	General
Chicken Fat	General
Compensational Fail	General
Critical Fixpack	General
Correct Frame	General
Charcoal Filtered	General
Carrier Free	General
Charcoal Filter	General
Constant Ferdinand	General
Cycle for	General
Coupling Facility	General
Crusier Fifth	General
The Coude Feed	General
Create And File	General
Chartreuse Flourescent	General
Complete Finisher	General
Choice Function	General
Flotilla Cruiser (Cruiser, destroyer Flotilla)	General
Staining force	General
Couarge Fearless	General
Create File	General
Courageous Fighters	General
Captive Farmed	General
Cshtuffing Fenvelopes	General
Close Focus	General
Casein Free	General
Confer For	Governmental
Correctional Facility	Governmental
Consolidated-Vultee, Forth Worth	Governmental
Caucasian Female	Governmental
Case Fatality	Governmental
Causative Factor	Governmental
Charlie Foxtrot	Governmental
Connecting Flight	Governmental
Cincinnati to Fort Wayne route	Governmental
Case File	Governmental
Community Futures	Governmental
Confer	Governmental
Criminal Felony	Governmental
Custom Formulated	Governmental
Critical Failure	Governmental
Compact Flash	Information Technology
Capitán De Fragata	International
Cantus Firmus	International
Content Follower	Internet
Classic Fedora	Internet
Chem Fun	Internet
Correction Factor	Maths
Cumulative Frequency	Maths
Central Focus	Maths
Characteristic Function	Maths
Certainty Factor	Maths
Cubic Feet	Measurement Unit
Collimator Factor	Medical
calcaneofibular	Medical
Cardiac Failure	Medical
Cardiac Fibrillation	Medical
Cardiac Fibroblast	Medical
Cardiac Float	Medical
Consume with Food	Medical
Carotid Foramen	Medical
Cervical Fluid	Medical
Circulatory Failure	Medical
Clastogenic Factor	Medical
Clotting Factor	Medical
Colony Formation	Medical
Contractile Force	Medical
Counting Fingers	Medical
Crude Fibre	Medical
Culture Fluid	Medical
Complement Fixation	Medical
Coronary Flow	Medical
ChloroForm	Medical
Christmas Factor	Medical
Compare, refer to	Medical
Cystic Fibrosis	Medical
Chronic Fatigue	Medical
Colds and Flu	Medical
Cure Found	Medical
Cheese Factory	Messaging
Cannon Fodder	Military and Defence
Chaplain To The Forces	Military and Defence
Concentrated Fire	Military and Defence
Coalition Forces	Military and Defence
Canadian Forces	Military and Defence
Control Functions	Military and Defence
Compartmented Facility	Military and Defence
Chosen Few	Military and Defence
Causeway Ferry	Military and Defence
Conventional Forces	Military and Defence
Confidence Factor of The Drift Error	Military and Defence
Chaos Frame	Networking
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Constant Flow	Physics Related
Cold Fusion	Physics Related
Cross Flow	Physics Related
Clean Fill	Real Estate
Cape Fear Railway	Regional
Central African	Regional
Cape Fear Railways Incorporated	Regional
Canadian French	Regional
Cursor Forward	Softwares
Center Forward	Space Science
Centrifugal Force	Space Science
Center Flag	Sports
Center Feild	Sports
Caused A Fumble	Sports
Climbing Form	Sports
Conservative Future	Stock Exchange
Coin First	Telecommunication
Call Forward	Telecommunication
Carrier Furnished	Telecommunication