Fib

Fib may refer to:

• A form of lying that is usually forgiven because it is not intended to deceive.
• Fib (poetry), a form of poetry similar to haiku
• Fib, a Pictish kingdom, which went on to become Fife, in modern Scotland
• Fibonacci number, for which Fib is a common abbreviation, used in computer programming.
• A slang term used by Spanish locals for a festival goer in Benicasim.
• An evil alien monster who is the main antagonist of Larry-Boy! And the Fib from Outer Space!
• Focused ion beam, a technique similar to a scanning electron microscope (SEM), but using a focused beam of ions instead of electrons.

Acronyms

• Medical jargon for fibula (the bone)
• Facultat d'Informàtica de Barcelona, the Barcelona School of Informatics of the Technical University of Catalonia
• First Investment Bank, a private bank in Bulgaria
• Fill in the Blank, a type of question.
• Focused ion beam, an analytical instrument used in the semiconductor industry
• French: Fédération Internationale du Béton, an international not-for-profit organization.
• Federation of International Bandy, the international governing body for the sport of bandy
• Festival Internacional de Benicàssim, a music festival held in Benicàssim, Castelló, Spain
• Fédération Internationale de Boules - International bocce federation
• The gene encoding fibrinogen
• Forwarding information base
• Federal Investigation Bureau, an Austrian federal police force
• Federal Investigation Bureau, a fictional agency in the 2008 video game Grand Theft Auto IV, based on the real life Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
• Fucking Illinois Bastard, a pejorative term used by Wisconsinites for persons, especially tourists and drivers, from Illinois.
• Folket i Bild (FiB, "people in pictures") was a Swedish illustrated news magazine (1933-1963) owned by the Swedish Social Democratic Party. After it was sold to a commercial publisher in 1963, the name changed to FIB Aktuellt and it was remade into a gentlemen's magazine, gradually turning into pornography. As a reaction, the leftist-political Folket i Bild/Kulturfront (FiB/K) was founded in 1972.
• Flying inflatable boat