DFA is a common abbreviation which may refer to any of the following topics:
In computing:
- Data flow analysis
- Deterministic finite automaton
- Dual Factor Authentication
- Design for All (DfA)
In science:
In government and politics:
- Democracy for America
- Department of Foreign Affairs, one of a number of names used to refer to an executive office of a sovereign state that helps form its foreign policy. Data-flow analysis is a technique for gathering information about the possible set of values calculated at various points in a Computer program. In the Theory of computation, a deterministic finite state machine (also known as deterministic finite state automaton (DFSA or deterministic finite An Authentication factor is a piece of Information and Process used to authenticate or verify a person's Identity or other entity requesting access Descent from antiquity (commonly abbreviated as DFA) is the project of establishing a well-researched generation-by-generation descent of living persons from people living in Direct fluorescent antibody ( DFA or dFA) is a laboratory test that uses antibodies tagged with Fluorescent dye to detect the presence In Stochastic processes, chaos theory and Time series analysis, detrended fluctuation analysis (DFA is a method for determining the statistical Self-affinity Democracy for America (DFA is a Political action committee founded by former Vermont Governor Howard Dean after his unsuccessful presidential A minister for foreign affairs, or foreign minister, is a governmental cabinet minister who helps form the Foreign policy of a sovereign nation Foreign Policy is a bimonthly American Magazine founded in 1970 by Samuel P
- Department of Foreign Affairs (Philippines)
In music:
In finance:
In gaming:
- Death From Above (BattleTech), a jump-jet attack tactic in the BattleTech game universe. This article is about a government agency See also Foreign relations of the Philippines The Philippines ' Department of Foreign Affairs Dark Angel was a Thrash metal band from Los Angeles. Their over-the-top style (extremely fast heavy and lengthy songs with lots of tempo changes lyrics and Death from Above 1979 were a Toronto based Canadian Dance-punk duo DFA (short for Duty Free Area is an Italian Progressive rock band from Verona, Italy DFA Records is an independent record label with an exclusive distribution deal with major record label EMI, launched in September 2001 by Mo' Wax co-founder In Music theory, a minor chord ( is a chord having a root, a Minor third, and a Perfect fifth. Dimensional Fund Advisors is an investment firm headquartered in Santa Monica California with regional offices in Sydney London Vancouver Los Angeles Austin and Chicago In Financial accounting, a balance sheet or statement of financial position is a summary of a person's or organization's balances BattleTech is a Wargaming and Science fiction franchise launched by FASA Corporation and currently owned by WizKids.
In Statistics:
- Discriminant Function Analysis, a classification procedure
- Detrended Fluctuation Analysis, a variation of the Hurst Exponent technique used in the analysis of fractal time series
In other fields:
- Dairy Farmers of America in agriculture
- Design for Assembly in engineering
- Differential Fault Analysis in security
- Designated for assignment in baseball
- Doctor of Fine Arts in education
- Drug Free America in drug education
In popular culture:
- Daily Female Appreciation