Federation (disambiguation)

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Federation can refer to:

[edit] Use in political science

• Federation, a state governed under the system of federalism
  • Federated school, a model of governance used by some educational institutions which is also analogous to a political federation
  • Federation of Australia, a historical event in the History of Australia
  • Non-governmental organizations, unions and other organisation called 'federations'
    • American Federation of Teachers
    • National Wildlife Federation in the USA
  • Fictional federations
    • United Federation of Planets, a fictional federation in Star Trek
    • United Federation of Planets (Star Fleet Universe), a fictional federation as portrayed in the Star Fleet Universe
    • Terran Federation, the fictional totalitarian government centred on Earth in the British television series Blake's 7
    • Argon Federation, a fictional race of human descendants in the X computer game series
    • The Earth Federation, a fictional governing body of the Universal Century Gundam anime series
    • Trade Federation, a fictional alliance in Star Wars
    • The Galactic Federation, a fictional organisation featured in the Doctor Who serials The Curse of Peladon and The Monster of Peladon
    • The Galactic Federation is the main governing body in the Metroid video game series.

[edit] Use in information science

• Federation (information technology), a concept in information technology referring to the lack of central authority over software design or configuration
  • Identity federation, a concept in identity management referring to the decentralized storage of information related to users of one or more IT systems

[edit] Other uses

• Federation architecture, an Australian architectural style (c. 1890 - c. 1915).
• Federation (game), a text-based online RPG and its sequel Federation II.
• The Federation (band), a Bay Area hip-hop collective.
• Federation (family), a family in upstate New York, see Alex Federation