Fib

A fib is a form of lying that is usually forgiven because it is not intended to deceive.

Fib may also refer to:

Culture

• Fib (poetry), a form of poetry similar to haiku
• Festival Internacional de Benicàssim, a music festival held in Benicàssim, Castelló, Spain
• Folket i Bild, a former Swedish illustrated news magazine (1933-1963) owned by the Swedish Social Democratic Party

Science

• Fascia iliaca block, a form of regional nerve block
• Fibonacci number, an integer sequence starting with 0 and 1, and each subsequent number is the sum of the previous two.
• Fibula, a leg bone located on the lateral side of the tibia
• Focused ion beam, an analytical instrument used in the semiconductor industry; a technique similar to a scanning electron microscope (SEM)
• Fibrinogen, a soluble plasma glycoprotein, that is converted by thrombin into fibrin during blood clot formation
• Forwarding information base, used in computer networking for looking up how to forward a packet
• Fibrillation of the heart, often referring to ventricular fibrillation or, less commonly, atrial fibrillation

Organizations

• Facultat d'Informàtica de Barcelona, the Barcelona School of Informatics of the Technical University of Catalonia
• First Investment Bank, a private bank in Bulgaria
• Fédération Internationale du Béton, an international not-for-profit organization for Structural Concrete.
• Federation of International Bandy, the international governing body for the sport of bandy
• Fédération Internationale de Boules, highest international authority of bocce sports
• Federal Investigation Bureau, the federal police force in the Republic of Austria and the fictional parody of the FBI in Grand Theft Auto V
• United Nations Force Intervention Brigade, a unit within the United Nations peacekeeping mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Other

• Fib, a Pictish kingdom, which went on to become Fife in modern Scotland
• Fill in the Blank, a type of question.
• Flying inflatable boat, a type of Rigid-hulled inflatable boat