FP

plural FPs

1. abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountablecomputingInitialism of floating point.
2. abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountablemediaInitialism of foreign policy.
3. abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountableInitialism of front page.
4. abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountableInitialism of function pointer.
5. abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountableInitialism of functional programming.
6. abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountableInitialism of false positive.

   Testing multiple hypotheses increases risk of FPs.

   2018 February 7, Alexander Drilon, Michael Postow, Neil Vasan, Maria I. Carlo, Pocket Oncology, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, →ISBN, →OCLC

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   Note that a FP diagnosis (with null hypothesis of being healthy) may cause a prescription of an unnecessary treatment.

   2015 July 24, Krzysztof J. Cios, Dat T. Nguyen, “Data mining and data visualization”, in Susan J Henly, editor, Routledge International Handbook of Advanced Quantitative Methods in Nursing Research, Routledge, →ISBN, page 316

   In fact, you could ask and answer the question: where do all my models consistently have FPs or FNs?

   2021 March 26, Serg Masís, Interpretable Machine Learning with Python: Learn to build interpretable high-performance models with hands-on real-world examples, Packt Publishing Ltd, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 90

7. abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountableInitialism of food poisoning.
8. abbreviationcountableuncountablehuman sciencesAbbreviation of favorite person.

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   Individuals with borderline personality disorder (BPD) commonly have a favorite person (FP), whom they are heavily emotionally attached to and dependent on. This study aims to identify and illustrate the patterns of destructive FP relationships based on actual experiences described by those with BPD.

   2022 December, Hyorim Jeong, Min Jin Jin, Myoung Ho Hyun, “Understanding a Mutually Destructive Relationship Between Individuals With Borderline Personality Disorder and Their Favorite Person”, in Psychiatry Investigation, volume 19, number 12, →DOI, →PMID, page 1069

9. abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountableInitialism of Fabry-Pérot laser, a type of transmitter in a transceiver.