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BFO (disambiguation)

BFO         
Bald, fat, and old. Bald, fat, and ugly.
The new pseudoctionary editor is BFO.
Belarus Orienteering Federation         
GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATION FOR ORIENTEERING IN BELARUS
Belarus Orienteering Federation (; ) is the National organisation responsible for the governing, organisation and promotion of orienteering in Belarus. It is a full member of the International Orienteering Federation.
Beat frequency oscillator         
  • Add-on 455 kHz homemade BFO board
  • Separate BFO oscillators were manufactured for receivers that didn't have them; a Rohde und Schwarz STI4032 from 1944.
DEVICE TO CONVERT MORSE CODE RADIO SIGNALS INTO AUDIBLE TONES
In a radio receiver, a beat frequency oscillator or BFO is a dedicated oscillator used to create an audio frequency signal from Morse code radiotelegraphy (CW) transmissions to make them audible. The signal from the BFO is mixed with the received signal to create a heterodyne or beat frequency which is heard as a tone in the speaker.

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BFO

BFO is an abbreviation that stands for:

  • Basic Formal Ontology
  • Beat frequency oscillator used to create an audio frequency signal for receiving continuous wave (Morse code) transmissions
  • The Black Forest Observatory in Germany
  • BiFeO3 (Bismuth ferrite), an inorganic chemical compound
  • Boron monofluoride monoxide
  • Budapest Festival Orchestra
  • Bunker Fuel Oil, a (low-cost) type of fuel oil
  • Federal Consultative Assembly (Bijeenkomst voor Federaal Overleg), an organisation of federal states of the United States of Indonesia
Examples of use of BFO
1. Urals has traded at a discount to BFO for years, with the differential fluctuating between as little as $1 and as much as $8.
2. Urals crude is of lower quality in terms of sulphur content and gravity than Brent or BFO, which has replaced Brent as the international benchmark.
3. Agip has sold one Congolese Djeno cargo to a South Korean refiner at $5.50–$6.00 a barrel discount to Dated BFO, and Total was seen selling a cargo to Sinochem at an unknown discount.